The teacher raised a hand to him, slightly and secretively, because he was her favorite. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : He seems secretive about his new job. From Dictionary.com.
I guess the word "secretively" set my teeth on edge. From Wordnik.com. [Rate Your Students] Reference
Are there any people secretively on the job market?. From Wordnik.com. [Bored: Need Some Scandalous Gossip] Reference
Desmond secretively, as men are accustomed to weep. From Wordnik.com. [Grey Town An Australian Story] Reference
"It was conceived somewhat secretively," said Mr McFadzean. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-08-05] Reference
She hunched her shoulders and narrowed her eyes secretively. From Wordnik.com. [Orbit] Reference
Guests secretively took a corner of the nearest regular towel. From Wordnik.com. [Babbit] Reference
Tiger says, "Quiet and secretively, we will always be together.". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 11, 2009] Reference
So mail, email, phone calls and cyberbills secretively not (more ...). From Wordnik.com. [Can We Win the War for Hearts & Minds?] Reference
Across the street, at another window, the curtain had secretively moved. From Wordnik.com. [Main Street] Reference
Nothing in his pockets or sealed secretively in the fabric of his clothing. From Wordnik.com. [Dirge]
"Is that, too," tasked, "in accord with the plan you guard so secretively?". From Wordnik.com. [Explorers Of Gor]
Were the catlike natives aware of his presence, and watching him secretively?. From Wordnik.com. [Decision at Doona]
Stoning is an abhorrent punishment, meted out inconsistently and secretively. From Wordnik.com. [Shirin Ebadi: When Adultery Means Death] Reference
Bovey would hate all this, she knew, and smiled secretively at the knowledge. From Wordnik.com. [The Dreaming Void]
She is cast in the same mold as her secretively (though mildly) decadent father. From Wordnik.com. [Six Feet Under: One Year in the Grave | PopPolitics.com] Reference
The latter may indeed be a motivated machine, acting secretively & subversively. From Wordnik.com. [A Fire Raging in Islington] Reference
It wasn ` t that she went in there, you know, secretively or anything like that. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 28, 2008] Reference
That seemed like more than a typo -- you did mean surreptitiously, or secretively?. From Wordnik.com. [2 approaches to taking photos of people] Reference
The next morning when I got in, she smiled secretively at me as I passed by her desk. From Wordnik.com. [hello dolly] Reference
In response to various excited and/or puzzled questions he merely grinned secretively. From Wordnik.com. [Ringworld]
He smiled almost secretively at his catalogue and said, "I can hear the but 'in your voice.". From Wordnik.com. [Hot Money]
Meanwhile, Napoleon secretively takes the pups from the farm dogs and trains them privately. From Wordnik.com. [Background information for George Orwell's Animal Farm] Reference
But he was secretively buried somewhere else so that his enemies would not harm him in death. From Wordnik.com. [Monday, October 31, 2005] Reference
Toni winked as she turned to the ticket machine, jerking her head secretively in his direction. From Wordnik.com. [Hundred Dollar Hit] Reference
Iran figured that this would allay US fears that it was secretively developing nuclear weapons. From Wordnik.com. [Endgame in Iran] Reference
Indeed, the bully often goes about their business pretty secretively so as not to be caught……. From Wordnik.com. [von Storch on MBH "Shoddiness" « Climate Audit] Reference
They said she would be sending signals to her supporters, secretively, that should not back Obama. From Wordnik.com. [New GOP Ad: Was Hillary Right About Obama's Experience?] Reference
Things aremoving so fast and so secretively that the ACLU only got a copy of this bill on Thursday. From Wordnik.com. [Sneaking FISA Through the Back Door] Reference
Mirrors were also believed to possess magical qualities, and their fabrication was secretively guarded. From Wordnik.com. [Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro] Reference
The killings went on as before, but more secretively, less visibly (Lifton, The Nazi Doctors, chapter 4). From Wordnik.com. [The Vatican and Hitler] Reference
Sometimes famous people want to slip out, or at least send their children out secretively, officials say. From Wordnik.com. [Where a Cop's Beat Includes a Tarmac] Reference
So the only way for the site to grow is if the members secretively tell the secret and then lie about it. From Wordnik.com. [You Can't Join My SECRET Site] Reference
Derek's secretively wry sense of humour probably acted as a 'release valve' from him becoming too embittered. From Wordnik.com. [Men without hats: James Ellroy and Eddie Muller on "Crime Wave"] Reference
Myth-debunking is an important activity for moms to be able to engage in vocally, not secretively and in guilt. From Wordnik.com. [Motrin Versus The Moms: When Painkillers Are Attacked, Everybody Loses] Reference
She simply wanted to know what motivated this lone opportunist who moved so secretively through her abandoned home. From Wordnik.com. [Ship Of Destiny]
Every year they are forced to hang out together as their parents meet secretively for some charity event, it is thought. From Wordnik.com. [“Runaways Volume 1: Pride and Joy” by Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona (Marvel, 2004) « The BookBanter Blog] Reference
With his left hand, he raised a tall glass of lemon tea to his face and sipped secretively at the almost transparent liquid. From Wordnik.com. [Funeral In Berlin]
Then you can only talk to people about it secretively in case they should run off and do their own hit product or copy of your idea. From Wordnik.com. [Lone inventor versus abundance principle] Reference
P.S. I am a fan of your colour scheme, especially the borders but if this looked more boring I could read it a lot more secretively at work. From Wordnik.com. [chez nous] Reference
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