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Meaning of "covertly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COVERTLY

covertly  [ˈkʌvətlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COVERTLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Covertly is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES COVERTLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of covertly in the English dictionary

The definition of covertly in the dictionary is under cover; secretly. Other definition of covertly is surreptitiously.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COVERTLY


accurately
ˈækjʊrətlɪ
adequately
ˈædɪkwətlɪ
affectionately
əˈfɛkʃənətlɪ
appropriately
əˈprəʊprɪətlɪ
deliberately
dɪˈlɪbərətlɪ
delicately
ˈdelɪkətlɪ
desperately
ˈdɛspərətlɪ
disproportionately
ˌdɪsprəˈpɔːʃ ənətlɪ
immaculately
ɪˈmækjʊlətlɪ
immediately
ɪˈmiːdɪətlɪ
inappropriately
ˌɪnəˈprəʊprɪətlɪ
intimately
ˈɪntɪmətlɪ
legitimately
lɪˈdʒɪtəmətlɪ
moderately
ˈmɒdərətlɪ
passionately
ˈpæʃənətlɪ
predominately
prɪˈdɒmɪnətlɪ
privately
ˈpraɪvətlɪ
proportionately
prəˈpɔːʃənətlɪ
quietly
ˈkwaɪətlɪ
separately
ˈsɛpərətlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COVERTLY

covered
covered market
covered wagon
coverer
covering
covering fire
covering letter
coverless
coverlet
Coverley
covermount
covers
coversed sine
coversine
covert
covert cloth
covert coat
covertness
coverture

WORDS THAT END LIKE COVERTLY

alertly
braggartly
courtly
curtly
expertly
extrovertly
heartly
inertly
inexpertly
malapertly
overtly
partly
peartly
pertly
portly
shortly
smartly
stalwartly
tartly
thwartly

Synonyms and antonyms of covertly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «covertly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COVERTLY

Find out the translation of covertly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of covertly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «covertly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

暗里
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

encubiertamente
570 millions of speakers

English

covertly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

छिपकर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سرا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тайно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dissimuladamente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রচ্ছন্নভাবে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

secrètement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Secara terang-terangan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

versteckt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

こっそり
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

은밀하게
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Covertly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngấm ngầm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இரகசியமாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अप्रकटपणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gizlice
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

copertamente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

potajemnie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

таємно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pe ascuns
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συγκεκαλυμμένα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

geheim
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hemlighet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

covertly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of covertly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COVERTLY»

The term «covertly» is regularly used and occupies the 76.084 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COVERTLY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about covertly

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COVERTLY»

Discover the use of covertly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to covertly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Overtly Muslim, Covertly Boni: Competing Calls of Religious ...
This book affords a unique insight into the encounter between an African indigenous religious tradition and Islam.
Mark R. J. Faulkner, 2006
2
Critical Companion to Henry James: A Literary Reference to ...
For example: “We felt this, covertly, at the time, without formulating it, and were conscious, as an ordered and prosperous community, of his evenhanded justice, untainted with flunkeyism” (175). The demonstrative this and the pronoun his refer ...
Eric L. Haralson, Kendall Johnson, 2009
3
Men in Political Theory
Locke: overtly. and. covertly. gendered. narratives. of. political. society. Gender theory, gender politics and masculinities In this chapter I use the gender lens to explore narratives in Locke's Two Treatises of Government that have become ...
Terrell Carver, 2004
4
Case Studies in the Neuropsychology of Vision
The first concerns the boundaries of the knowledge which can be accessed covertly. For instance, one could ask whether the fact that P.H. finds it easier to learn the correct names to the faces indicates that he covertly accesses the name from ...
Glyn W. Humphreys, 2013
5
Furunculosis: Multidisciplinary Fish Disease Research
previously free of the disease and that covertly infected fish played a pivotal role in the spread and maintenance of disease. The central conclusion of the Furunculosis Committee was that A. salmonicida infection, once established in a river, ...
Eva-Maria Bernoth, Anthony E. Ellis, Paul J. Midtlyng, 1997
6
The Handbook of the Neuropsychology of Language
(2002), participants covertly read a sentence, internally switched syntactic constituents, and overtly produced their response. The baseline task involved a “ list reordering” task, in which participants covertly read a list of unrelated words, ...
Miriam Faust, 2012
7
Descartes: An Analytic and Historical Introduction
It might now be objected, however, that “I am thinking" begs the ques— tion because the use of “I” covertly asserts that I exist. Now it seems that the point already made about names and pronouns that refer to nonex— isting things is enough to ...
Georges Dicker, 2013
8
Controversies in Criminal Justice Research
The methods most appropriate to any study will depend on the research question , the group to be studied, the location(s) where the project will take place, and whether the investigation will be conducted openly or covertly. Flexibility in the field ...
Richard Tewksbury, Elizabeth Ehrhardt Mustaine, 2004
9
Adverbials and the Phase Model
In what follows, I argue that adverbials can also be moved covertly. In Chapter 4, I argued that sentence adverbials like the epistemic možná can be merged in the vP phase and that they can appear in the sentence-final position in the vP ...
Petr Biskup, 2011
10
The Act of Thinking
The child must self-instruct, must covertly token instructions of his own devising. This is Ryle's "self-teaching" or "thinking" manner of action-performance.7 The child is able to covertly token actions a teacher might perform. Like Le Penseur, in ...
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10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COVERTLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term covertly is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Tim Cook's case against Android security may have just gotten a boost
SMS Trojans earn money by covertly making victim smartphones send messages to premium rate numbers owned by the hackers. G Data is ... «Business Insider Australia, Jul 15»
2
Dyre times ahead: Zeus-style trojan slurps your banking login creds
... inject malicious Javascript code, allowing them to steal credentials and further manipulate accounts, all completely covertly,” he added. «The Register, Jul 15»
3
Play One Of 12 Hidden Pianos In The Botanical Garden This Week
In 2013, ffortissimo "covertly" rolled an old grand piano onto the bluffs over Half Moon Bay, and Sunset Piano was born. Sure, Davies ... «SFist, Jul 15»
4
ISIS releases guide on how to establish 'Muslim gangs' in the UK
Behind the cover of a charitable organisation raising awareness of Islamic teachings, gang members are urged to draw in recruits covertly off ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
5
Chief Harrison 'disgusted, appalled' at arrested NOPD officer's conduct
... from his car trunk and throwing it into an eastern New Orleans canal while being covertly followed by Public Integrity Bureau investigators. «NOLA.com, Jul 15»
6
Jai Courtney Joins Lily James in 'The Kaiser's Last Kiss'
James will play an agent in the World War II Dutch resistance, which works covertly with Winston Churchill to insert an agent into the home of ... «Variety, Jul 15»
7
Why the documentary 'Cartel Land' plays like a real life action drama
I had to sort of covertly shoot that whole thing. Their torture chamber was a huge, long bathroom with many stalls. I would sometimes pretend ... «89.3 KPCC, Jul 15»
8
Watching Scotty Blow, Cont'd: Walker and Pals Give Up on …
When these bunco artists first came up with this plan, they did so covertly, slipping a provision into the state budget at the last possible minute. «Esquire.com, Jul 15»
9
Free Ashes live stream for one day with Sky Sports Day Pass on …
... streaming services are blocked at work and you're not on good terms with your IT department, you could instead covertly watch the first day of ... «Recombu, Jul 15»
10
The Middle East After Vienna Dalia Dassa Kaye
... once the nuclear agreement expires, or covertly continue elements of its program beyond the surveillance of the international community. «Foreign Affairs, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Covertly [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/covertly>. Apr 2024 ».
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