Both Uses
covert
in
City of Lost Souls
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- She had watched him as he'd talked—covertly, she'd thought, but she knew now that Jace noticed everything—watching the light glint off his pale hair, the quick movements of his graceful hands, the flex of the muscles in his arms as he'd gestured.†
Chpt 3 *
- Isabelle cast a covert glance at her brother.†
Chpt 20
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.