Secretively vs. Secretly — What's the Difference?

Having a tendency to keep one's thoughts or activities unknown to others

"Secretly" is a popular song. It was written by Al Hoffman, Dick Manning, Mark Markwell, and Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore and published in 1958.

Characterized by or done in secrecy

Kept hidden from knowledge or view; concealed

Suggestive of the keeping of secrets

Not expressed; inward

Tending to remain concealed. Used of animals.

Given to keeping one's thoughts and activities unknown to others; secretive

In a secretive manner.

Not revealing a secret or not given to revealing secrets

In a secretive manner; with a preference for secrecy;

Operating in a hidden or confidential manner

Containing information, the unauthorized disclosure of which poses a grave threat to national security.

Not much visited; secluded

Known or shared only by the initiated

Beyond ordinary understanding; mysterious

Something that is kept out of the knowledge or sight of others or is known only to oneself or a few

Something that remains beyond understanding or explanation; a mystery

A method or formula for doing or making something well, especially when not widely known

Secret A variable prayer said after the Offertory and before the Preface in the Mass.

In secret, covertly.

In a secret manner.

In secrecy; not openly;

Not openly; inwardly;