covertly

Variant of covert

covert definition

co·vert (kō′vərt, kuv′ərt)

adjective

  1. concealed, hidden, disguised, or surreptitious a covert threat
  2. Archaic sheltered; protected
  3. Law protected by a husband: said of a married woman

Etymology: OFr, pp. of covrir, cover

noun

  1. a covered or protected place; shelter
  2. a hiding place for game, as underbrush or a thicket
  3. covert cloth
  4. Zool. any of the small feathers covering a particular area of a bird, as the bases of the larger feathers of a wing or tail

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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