covertness

noun

Definition of covertnessnext
as in concealment

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  1. stealth
  2. subterfuge
  3. reticence
Noun
  • Using stealth, a weasel scattered shoes around a kindergarten classroom in Japan and took 15 of them before police were called to investigate.
    Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Or guests could go with The Bronze Monster 43mm, whose look is inspired by the Prohibition era and the stealth of rumrunners on Michigan waterways.
    Michele Herrmann, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
Definition of stealth
Noun
  • In an era rife with conspiracy theories and subterfuge, how much of those forces are products of our own doing, perhaps our imagining?
    Dana Feldman, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
  • The story that follows includes intense political subterfuge, villainous monologues, and heart-wrenching character deaths.
    Courtney Mifsud Intreglia, TIME, 18 Sep. 2024
Definition of subterfuge
Noun
  • This reticence is at odds with the characters’ tendencies to speak elsewhere like a Wikipedia biography.
    Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 1 Jan. 2025
  • There was a certain reticence and hesitance from Utah’s shooters.
    Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of reticence
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