"covertly" meaning in English

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Adverb

Forms: covertly
Etymology: : covertly < covert + -ly
  1. κρυφά, συγκαλυμμένα
    Sense id: el-covertly-en-adv-7Vro8e4K
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  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Λέξεις με επίθημα -ly (αγγλικά)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": ": covertly < covert + -ly",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "covertly"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He left covertly.",
          "translation": "Έφυγε κρυφά."
        },
        {
          "text": "They overtly or covertly use the fiction they create and pass it off as historical evidence.",
          "translation": "Χρησιμοποιούν ανοιχτά ή συγκαλυμμένα τη μυθοπλασία και την πλασάρουν ως ιστορική απόδειξη."
        },
        {
          "text": "≈ συνώνυμα: secretly"
        },
        {
          "text": "≠ αντώνυμα: overtly"
        }
      ],
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        "κρυφά, συγκαλυμμένα"
      ],
      "id": "el-covertly-en-adv-7Vro8e4K"
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  "word": "covertly"
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  "categories": [
    "Λέξεις με επίθημα -ly (αγγλικά)"
  ],
  "etymology_text": ": covertly < covert + -ly",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "covertly"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He left covertly.",
          "translation": "Έφυγε κρυφά."
        },
        {
          "text": "They overtly or covertly use the fiction they create and pass it off as historical evidence.",
          "translation": "Χρησιμοποιούν ανοιχτά ή συγκαλυμμένα τη μυθοπλασία και την πλασάρουν ως ιστορική απόδειξη."
        },
        {
          "text": "≈ συνώνυμα: secretly"
        },
        {
          "text": "≠ αντώνυμα: overtly"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "κρυφά, συγκαλυμμένα"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "covertly"
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