clandestinely
adverb
uk/klænˈdes.tɪn.li/us/klænˈdes.tɪn.li/in a way that isplannedor done insecret,especiallywhen something is notofficiallyallowed:
Therefugeesenteredthecountryclandestinely, onfootbymountainpaths.
Officials from bothsidesmetclandestinely fornegotiations.
See
clandestine
- Iswamclandestinely atnightin theschoolpool.
- Theterrornetworkisbelievedtooperateclandestinely in more than 60nations.
- Theagencyclandestinelyworkedwithpoliceandsecurityservices.
Secrecy and privacy
- anonymity
- anonymization
- anonymize
- anonymous
- anonymously
- data protection
- dead men tell no talesidiom
- dissimulate
- dissimulation
- down-low
- private
- privately
- privileged
- pseudonym
- pseudonymization
- undisclosed
- whitewash
- whitewashing
- wrap
- wrapped (up) in secrecyidiom