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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (1)

1. in secrecy; not openly;
- Example: "met secretly to discuss the invasion plans"
- Example: "the children secretly went to the movies when they were supposed to be at the library"
- Example: "they arranged to meet in secret"
[syn: secretly, in secret, on the Q.T., on the QT]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Secret \Se"cret\, n. [F. secret (cf. Pr. secret, Sp. & Pg. secreto, It. secreto, segreto), from L. secretum. See Secret, a.] 1. Something studiously concealed; a thing kept from general knowledge; what is not revealed, or not to be revealed. [1913 Webster] To tell our own secrets is often folly; to communicate those of others is treachery. --Rambler. [1913 Webster] 2. A thing not discovered; what is unknown or unexplained; a mystery. [1913 Webster] All secrets of the deep, all nature's works. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. pl. The parts which modesty and propriety require to be concealed; the genital organs. [1913 Webster] In secret, in a private place; in privacy or secrecy; in a state or place not seen; privately. [1913 Webster] Bread eaten in secret is pleasant. --Prov. ix. 17. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

in secret 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]