covertly

1. 1.

   in a covert manner

   “he did it covertly”

   Antonymsovertly

Questions about covertly

What does covertly mean?

covertly means "in a covert manner".

How many syllables are in covertly?

covertly has 3 syllables: co-vert-ly. The stress falls on "vert". In IPA it is /koʊˈvɝtli/.

What is the opposite of covertly?

The recorded antonyms are overtly.

Is covertly a common word?

covertly is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with covertly?

1 word rhymes with covertly. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.