secretlyadv.
/ˈsiːkrɪtli/ 1. † b. With a hidden meaning. Obsolete. rare.† c. Indirectly. Obsolete. rare.
a. In a secret manner, in secret, not openly.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [adverb]
stillyc1000
dernlyc1175
dernea1200
privement?c1225
hidlingsa1250
in hidela1300
in scubardisa1300
stilla1300
hidel-likea1325
privyc1330
ywryȝeliche1340
in secre wysec1374
hidinglya1382
hidlya1382
in privy1384
closea1387
secrelyc1386
stalworthlya1400
covertlyc1400
secrec1405
in hidlings1422
secretly1447
secretementc1470
in secret1474
hugger-muggera1529
in hugger-mugger1529
secret1539
underboard1548
closely1552
darkly1559
in secret wise1563
hiddenly1580
tectly1587
underwater1600
concealedly1622
underground1632
occultly1641
in petto1647
under the rosea1704
subterraneously1791
suppressedly1825
underfoot1860
c1386 G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale 707 This Markys writen hath..A lettre..And secreely [v.rr. secrely, secretely, secretly] he to Boloigne it sente.]
1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (Horstm.) i. 769 For lernyd he hadde ful secretlye Of a prest..whan he shuld dye.
1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. iii. 7 Giue him this Letter, doe it secretly . View more context for this quotation
c1600 Wriothesley's Chron. Eng. (1875) I. 43 The King was maried secreetly at Chelsey, in Middlesex, to one Jane Seymor.
1690 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) V. 25 The Duke of Savoy..having seacretly concerted with the Confederats,..restor'd them to their Country.
1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. iv. 37 I still found them secretly attached to all their former finery.
1878 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Eng. 18th Cent. I. i. 119 He was secretly negotiating with the Pretender.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [adverb] > allegorically
parablyc1384
secretlyc1430
allegorically1538
parable-wise1573
mystically1586
parabolically1615
Aesopically1960
c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 119 Poetis of olde fables han contryved,..By whiche theyr witte was secretely approved.
1632 Guillim's Display of Heraldrie (ed. 2) iii. ii. 115 This did the Poets secretly expresse, when they preferred Pallas to be the Gouernesse of Learning.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > indirect action or process > [adverb]
sidelya1425
through the sides of?1560
collaterally1610
by the waya1616
sidewise1654
secretly1656
slantinglya1677
ambagiously1678
circuitously1797
sideways1876
in-circle1883
1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 227 Antidotes for the Malignity, yet such as secretly respect the disease.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > [adverb]
by covert1477
secretly1535
in coverc1540
hiddenly1580
tectly1587
in(to) smoke1924
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xxx. 20 Thou hydest them priuely by thine owne presence from the proude men, thou kepest them secretly in thy tabernacle, from the strife of tongues.
1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iv. i. 205 Your daughter here the princesse (left for dead,) Let her awhile be secretly kept in. View more context for this quotation
3. In an inaudible voice.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > loss or lack of voice > [adverb] > in inaudible voice
secretly1608
1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 161 The dragon..falleth asleepe, the Indians in the meane-season watching, & muttering secretly words of Incantation.
1841 A. R. C. Dallas Past. Superintend. 203 Repeating the Lord's Prayer after the Bishop; and afterwards joining secretly in the prayers which follow.
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