Both Uses of
covert
in
Jane Eyre
- Had he treated you as an especial favourite, you would have found enemies, declared or covert, all around you; as it is, the greater number would offer you sympathy if they dared.†
Chpt 8 *
- A sneer, however, whether covert or open, had now no longer that power over me it once possessed: as I sat between my cousins, I was surprised to find how easy I felt under the total neglect of the one and the semi-sarcastic attentions of the other — Eliza did not mortify, nor Georgiana ruffle me.†
Chpt 21
Definition:
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(covert as in: a covert plan) done in a secret or hidden way