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Definition
done in a secret or hidden way
- Anyone who implies that Lord Darlington was liaising covertly with a known enemy is just conveniently forgetting the true climate of those times.3m — Day 3 - Morning (67% in)
- I was listening to the same genial, slow voice with which the American gentleman had charmed many since his arrival and yet it now contained something unmistakably covert.2m — Day 2 - Morning (76% in)
- I was by this point well on top of the situation, but the gentlemen went on laughing covertly.3e — Day 3 - Evening (89% in)
There are no more uses of "covert" in The Remains of the Day.
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