All 3 Uses of
covert
in
The Remains of the Day
- Anyone who implies that Lord Darlington was liaising covertly with a known enemy is just conveniently forgetting the true climate of those times.†
Chpt 3m - *
- I was by this point well on top of the situation, but the gentlemen went on laughing covertly.†
Chpt 3e -
- 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.†
Chpt 2m -
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) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, covert is used as a noun to describe a hidden or sheltered place.