The Only Use
covert
in
And Then There Were None
(Edited)
- Everybody was looking, covertly or openly, at Emily Brent.
p. 72.3covertly = secretly
Definitions:
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(1)
(covert as in: a covert plan) done in a secret or hidden way
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely, covert is used as a noun to describe a hidden or sheltered place. Coverts can refer to the small feathers that cover the base of a bird's flight feathers.