Both Uses of
covert
in
Bleak House
- So I tell him honourably (you are to know I have written to him about all this) that we are at issue and that we had better be at issue openly than covertly.†
Chpt 37-39 *
- Jo, shaking and chattering, slowly rises and stands, after the manner of his tribe in a difficulty, sideways against the hoarding, resting one of his high shoulders against it and covertly rubbing his right hand over his left and his left foot over his right.†
Chpt 46-48
Definition:
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(covert as in: a covert plan) done in a secret or hidden way