Synonyms for covertly
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1. covertlyadverb

   in a covert manner

   "he did it covertly"

   Antonyms:
   overtly

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1. List of paraphrases for "covertly":

   secretly, secretely

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1. Ayad Allawi:

   I can’t see ISIS disappearing into thin air, they will remain covertly in sleeping cells, spreading their venom all over the world.

2. Olive Schreiner:

   Power! Did you ever hear of men being asked whether other souls should have power or not? It is born in them. You may dam up the fountain of water, and make it a stagnant marsh, or you may let it run free and do its work; but you cannot say whether it shall be there; it is there. And it will act, if not openly for good, then covertly for evil; but it will act.

3. Joy Buolamwini:

   There needs to be a choice, right now, whats happening is these technologies are being deployed widely without oversight, oftentimes covertly, so that by the time we wake up, its almost too late.

4. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi:

   My government will not allow any religious group, belonging to the majority or the minority, to incite hatred against others, overtly or covertly.

5. Nick Heras:

   This is just another example of the almost Shakespearian drama that has unfolded between Nick Heras and Turkey since 2016, there is a real sentiment within the pro-Erdogan camp that the US was covertly a backer of the 2016 coup against Erdogan Erdogan.