in secret

1. Unknown to others, privately. For example, They met in secret, or, as Shakespeare put it in Love's Labour's Lost (5:2): “One word in secret.” [Second half of 1400s]

Example Sentences

The allegations say he disposed of Mr Wright's body in secret in a wooded area in the city's Castlemilk as well as Loch Lomond.

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Every year since 1901 they have come together in secret, neither disclosing when they deliberate, nor allowing journalists to see their final meeting – until now.

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But a judge sided with a coalition of civil liberties groups and news organisations, including the BBC, to rule that the legal row between the government and Apple could not be held in secret.

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When she learned that she was pregnant, a mentor convinced her to give birth in secret abroad in London.

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In fact, she was so adept at hiding the problem that she'd taken part in the 2011 series of Strictly Come Dancing while drinking in secret every night.

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Related Words

• clandestinely www.thesaurus.com
• covertly 
• furtively 
• personally 
• privately www.thesaurus.com
• quietly 
• stealthily 
• surreptitiously