covertly
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of covertly
Example Sentences
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Once in Britain, according to the New York Times, Trump was covertly ferried back to Air Force One as though he had been aboard the whole time.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
But the DA cautioned that adequate security was needed to prevent spectators from covertly recording the trial from an overflow room in violation of New York law.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
National security officials had earlier rejected similar proposals by TikTok because they could still give ByteDance a means to manipulate TikTok’s code covertly and obtain data on American users.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
A top White House official on Wednesday accused Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI of covertly copying Anthropic's most advanced model to build its Kimi K3.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
As early as the 1930s, for example, his unit covertly read the telegrams of private citizens.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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