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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SE'CRETLY, adv.
1. Privately; privily; not openly; without the knowledge of others; as, to dispatch a messenger secretly.
2. Inwardly; not apparently or visibly; latently.
Now secretly with inward grief she pin'd. Addison.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adv
1: in secrecy; not openly; "met secretly to discuss the invasion plans"; "the children secretly went to the movies when they were supposed to be at the library"; "they arranged to meet in secret" [syn: secretly, in secret, on the Q.T., on the QT]
2: not openly; inwardly; "they were secretly delighted at his embarrassment"; "hoped secretly she would change her mind"

Merriam Webster's

adverb see secret I

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Secretly Se"cret*ly, adv. In a secret manner.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see secret

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

ad. Privately, privily, underhand.

Moby Thesaurus

behind closed doors, behind the curtain, behind the scenes, behind the veil, by stealth, confidentially, covertly, furtively, hugger-mugger, in a corner, in a whisper, in camera, in darkness, in hidlings, in secret, in the background, in the dark, mysteriously, nobody the wiser, on the quiet, on the sly, privately, privily, quietly, slyly, sotto voce, stealthily, sub rosa, surreptitiously, under the breath, under the rose, undercover, underground, with bated breath