covertly
                        
                            - adverb (adv)
                        
                        
                            
                    
                Meaning: clandestine, underhandedly
    Synonyms: 
                        by stealth
                                clandestinely
                                furtively
                                
            
                hush-hush
            
            
                                in camera
                                in holes and corners
                                on the qt
                                on the quiet
                                on the sly
                                privately
                                
            
                secretly
            
            
                                slyly
                                stealthily
                                sub rosa
                                surreptitiously
                                
            
                undercover
            
            
                                under wraps
                                wildcat
            
                                                                                        
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