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Recent Examples of secretively
Early modern Europe was not an ideal place to enforce intellectual property rights, which in those days existed only when technologies could be secretively monopolized by a guild.
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Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2017
Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for secretively
Adverb
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Unlike Monday's burial for Princess Irene, which follows a Saturday prayer service in Madrid and a funeral Monday at Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens, the Tatoi interment for Sofia's mother, Queen Federica of Greece, was not official, and took place almost furtively.—
Diego Parrado,
Vanity Fair,
18 Jan. 2026
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This has become the central theme of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City—probably the most chaotic show in its franchise—whose characters are always trying to root out which of their frenemies is furtively digging up dirt and spreading rumors about their legal or financial woes.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Faced with rising electricity prices, Americans are stealthily adding DIY solar systems.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
5 Mar. 2026
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Why did the actor and Oscar-winning filmmaker stealthily start exploring the technology that is giving Hollywood such existential angst?—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
5 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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But tech companies will have to prove that new devices can do things better or differently than smartphones and alleviate privacy concerns around devices can surreptitiously record their surroundings.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
2 Mar. 2026
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Also, strong steps against the Russian shadow fleet that surreptitiously transports energy products, designation of Russia as a State Sponsor of Terrorism, and other economic measures strongly penalizing Russia and aiding Ukraine.—
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal,
Hartford Courant,
28 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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The feature was shot over twenty-eight days, covertly, mostly within the confines of the van.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2026
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The film, which was shot covertly in Iran, is steeped in a language of resistance against the notoriously repressive Iranian regime.—
Mason Leib,
ABC News,
27 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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There are fun villains; Reggie’s nemesis is a sneakily vicious NFL alum (Craig Robinson) with the splendid name Jerry Basmati.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
20 Feb. 2026
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With a comfy design and a sleek hue, the trend is sneakily elegant and easy to mix and match with other closet staples.—
Nicol Natale,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Under Cuba’s penal code, people who clandestinely enter Cuba to commit terrorism can be punished by death or life in prison.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2026
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The group was largely defeated in 2019, but some elements still operate clandestinely in Syria and Iraq.—
Nadeen Ebrahim,
CNN Money,
25 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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The Iranians have chosen to build their nuclear weapons program underground.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Mar. 2026
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The black marks across Buckley’s face in the film are, in the production’s visual conception, the ink of Shelley’s own manuscript bleeding out — a woman underground for two centuries, unable to finish the thought.—
Kennedy French,
Variety,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Secretively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secretively. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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