in secret
Definition
B2 in a private place with no one else present and without other people knowing: The negotiators were meeting in secret for several months before the peace agreement was made public.Secrecy and privacy › only in someone's thoughts, without telling other people: He says he loathes her, but I think in secret he really likes her.Secrecy and privacy
(Definition of in secret from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- anonymity noun
- anonymous adjective
- backroom noun
- backstage adjective, adverb
- be none of sb's business idiom
- covert adjective
- covertly adverb
- coy adjective (SECRET)
- crypto- prefix
- dead men tell no tales idiom
- my lips are sealed idiom
- off the record idiom
- off-message adverb, adjective
- official secret noun
- on the quiet idiom
- trade secret noun
- ulterior adjective
- under the table idiom
- under wraps idiom
- undisclosed adjective
Topic:
Secrecy and privacy
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