Both Uses
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Identical, by Ellen Hopkins
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- Unless she's been spying, completely covertly, for a very long time.†
Chpt 15. *
- But the idea of spies—Daddy's, Mom's, or some unknown covert operatives—nags.†
Chpt 24.
Definitions:
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(covert as in: a covert plan) done in a secret or hidden way
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(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.