in secret

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Synonyms of in secret

: in a private place or manner

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The film, directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, was made in secret over three years. — ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026 The pre-release buzz around this new movie, which was made in secret and revealed via a surprise trailer that dropped last month, has been near deafening. — David MacK, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026 So strong was the Chicks’ commercial pull that their 2002 album Home—a trend-averse acoustic bluegrass album essentially recorded in secret—became a gargantuan hit, with two of its songs reaching the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. — Shaad D’souza, Pitchfork, 11 Oct. 2026 The reconstruction of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches, where congregants gathered in secret before building a meeting house in Virginia, was celebrated Friday. — Nancy Jiang, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for in secret

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15th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of in secret was in the 15th century

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