All 5 Uses of
covert
in
Dune
- He glanced covertly at the male guests nearest him.†
Book 1 *
- Wind screamed through the lapped coverts and primaries of the wings' leaves.†
Book 2
- All the way to the arena, though, the Baron sat back among the armored cushions of his car, casting covert glances at the Count beside him, wondering why the Emperor's errand boy had thought it necessary to make that particular kind of joke in front of the Houses Minor.†
Book 2
- The troop resumed its climb up into a crack in the rocks, but there was a stillness of breath about the Fremen now that filled Paul with caution, and he noted covert glances toward Chani, the way she seemed to withdraw, pulling in upon herself.†
Book 2
- With covert glances, the Baron had studied the metal-walled room and its occupants — the noukkers, the pages, the guards, the troop of House Sardaukar drawn up around the walls, standing at ease there beneath the bloody and tattered captured battle flags that were the room's only decoration.†
Book 3
Definition:
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(covert as in: a covert plan) done in a secret or hidden way