ALL meanings of secretly
se·cret
S s - adverb secretly without anyone knowing 1
- adverb secretly inwardly 1
- adjective secretly done, made, or conducted without the knowledge of others: secret negotiations. 1
- adjective secretly kept from the knowledge of any but the initiated or privileged: a secret password. 1
- adjective secretly faithful or cautious in keeping confidential matters confidential; close-mouthed; reticent. 1
- adjective secretly designed or working to escape notice, knowledge, or observation: a secret drawer; the secret police. 1
- adjective secretly secluded, sheltered, or withdrawn: a secret hiding place. 1
- adjective secretly beyond ordinary human understanding; esoteric. 1
- adjective secretly bearing the classification secret. limited to persons authorized to use information documents, etc., so classified. 1
- noun secretly something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed. 1
- noun secretly a mystery: the secrets of nature. 1
- noun secretly a reason or explanation not immediately or generally apparent. 1
- noun secretly a method, formula, plan, etc., known only to the initiated or the few: the secret of happiness; a trade secret. 1
- noun secretly a classification assigned to information, a document, etc., considered less vital to security than top-secret but more vital than confidential, and limiting its use to persons who have been cleared, as by various government agencies, as trustworthy to handle such material. Compare classification (def 5). 1
- noun secretly (initial capital letter) Liturgy. a variable prayer in the Roman and other Latin liturgies, said inaudibly by the celebrant after the offertory and immediately before the preface. 1
- idioms secretly in secret, unknown to others; in private; secretly: A resistance movement was already being organized in secret. 1