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secretively

adv. In a secretive manner.

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secretively

adv. in a secretive manner; with a preference for secrecy; "the teacher raised a hand to him, slightly and secretively, because he was her favorite"

Usage examples of "secretively".

During the hours of our talk, he secretively moved about the room giving me no opportunity to ask him questions about this past or anything else.

When Gregorius reached out and tried to view the fan of cards that the Ras held secretively to his bosom, his hand was slapped away angrily, and a storm of Amharic burst about him.

They came walking slowly back into the big room, and I saw Chook wearing an odd expression, Debra looking secretively amused.

Up Summer one block, then down Youngquist, a street parallel to Weiser on the north, a street of brick tenements and leftover business places, shoe-repair nooks smelling secretively of leather, darkĀ­ened candy stores, insurance agencies with photographs of tornado damage in the windows, real-estate offices lettered in gold, a bookshop.