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Secretively

adverb
1.
In a secretive manner; with a preference for secrecy.





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"Secretively" Quotes from Famous Books



... shooed them into the plush and crayon-enlargement parlor behind the barroom. His great voice overawed them—and they were cold. Mother secretively looked for evidences of vice, for a roulette-table or a blackjack, but found nothing more sinful than a box of dominoes, so she perched on a cane chair and ...
— The Innocents - A Story for Lovers • Sinclair Lewis
... he?" echoed Peterson. His personality waked up secretively, like that of some weak, night animal hiding in a wood. Clo eyed him, striving ...
— The Lion's Mouse • C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson
... mother, Louka, whilst the soldiers are here. (Louka glances at Raina, at the ottoman, at the curtain; then purses her lips secretively, laughs to herself, and goes out. Raina follows her to the door, shuts it behind her with a slam, and locks it violently. The man immediately steps out from behind the curtain, sheathing his sabre, and dismissing the danger from his mind in ...
— Arms and the Man • George Bernard Shaw


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