In secret, before the referendum, the council went ahead and fluoridated the water anyway.
The death toll, which experts believe has been significantly undercut by secret burials, stands at 7,905.
Never mind the huge buildup of clandestine operatives and secret warriors since 9/11.
Afraid the Korean secret police would not believe his kidnapping story, Shin settled in Hollywood.
Ziad and Sabrine dated in secret during their time at university.
But I have a secret dread of the character and power of Alcibiades.
It is on Mr. Haley's account that I prefer to keep it secret.
The secret of this crowning charm was, perhaps, that she was a new sensation.
"I am going to tell you a secret," he said at last, in a shamefaced way.
She saw her all the time while Connie was telling her the secret.
late 14c., from Latin secretus "set apart, withdrawn; hidden, concealed, private," past participle of secernere "to set apart, part, divide; exclude," from se- "without, apart," properly "on one's own" (see se-) + cernere "separate" (see crisis).
As an adjective from late 14c., from French secret, adjective use of noun. Open secret is from 1828. Secret agent first recorded 1715; secret service is from 1737; secret weapon is from 1936.
"to keep secret" (described in OED as "obsolete"), 1590s, from secret (n.). Related: Secreted; secreting.
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