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Definition of In secret
1. Adverb. In secrecy; not openly. "They arranged to meet in secret"
Definition of In secret
1. Adverb. secretly ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of In Secret
Literary usage of In secret
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Making of America by Robert Marion La Follette, William Matthews Handy, Charles Higgins (1906)
"Ten years ago a liberal estimate was one man to every eight in secret orders.
... A tabulated statement of the memberships in secret societies for 1894 and ..."
2. The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor: With a Life of the Author by Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber (1822)
"Those actions which were done in secret, but under the observation of a few, when
they are brought to judgment change their nature, and become public; ..."
3. Southern History of the War by Edward Alfred Pollard (1866)
"General Lee's army without meat.— His telegram to President Davis.—The necessities
of the Commissary Department Bummed up in secret session of Congress. ..."
4. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"In his public apologies, which he addressed to the emperor himself, he sometimes
affected the praise of moderation ; whilst at the same time, in secret and ..."
5. The Making of America by Robert Marion La Follette, William Matthews Handy, Charles Higgins (1906)
"Ten years ago a liberal estimate was one man to every eight in secret orders.
... A tabulated statement of the memberships in secret societies for 1894 and ..."
6. The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor: With a Life of the Author by Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber (1822)
"Those actions which were done in secret, but under the observation of a few, when
they are brought to judgment change their nature, and become public; ..."
7. Southern History of the War by Edward Alfred Pollard (1866)
"General Lee's army without meat.— His telegram to President Davis.—The necessities
of the Commissary Department Bummed up in secret session of Congress. ..."
8. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"In his public apologies, which he addressed to the emperor himself, he sometimes
affected the praise of moderation ; whilst at the same time, in secret and ..."
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