in secret

Idioms  

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]

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Example Sentences

The fact that she had risked both her own and the babies' lives by giving birth in secret raised the likelihood that she was "really terrified", he said.

From Barron's

The court heard Joynes would "laugh off" inappropriate comments instead of shutting down the behaviour, and eventually arranged to meet in secret.

From BBC

She steals a famous scribe’s manuscript and improves on it in secret.

From Los Angeles Times

She cries in secret and has bulletproof confidence in public.

From Los Angeles Times

Today, much of the back-and-forth between artists and the White House plays out in public, rather than in secret files.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• clandestinely
• covertly
• furtively
• personally
• privately
• quietly
• stealthily
• surreptitiously