secretly

[Eng. secret; -ly.] 1. In a secret manner; privately, privily, not openly; without the knowledge of others. 2. Inwardly; not apparently or openly; in one's heart. "Yet secretly their host did on them lowre." Spenser. F. Q., III. ix. 19. se-crět-ne , *se-cret-nes, *se-cret-ne e, s. [Eng. secret; -ne .] 1. The quality or state of being secret, hidden, or concealed; secrecy, privacy. 2. The quality of being secretive; secretivene . "I could muster up My giants and my witches to, Which are vast constancy and secretne ." Donne. (Todd.) *3 A secret. "Three or foure that knewe the secretne of his mynde."-Berners- Froi art; Cronycie , vol. i., ch. xxix.