secretively

1. 1.

   in a secretive manner; with a preference for secrecy

   “the teacher raised a hand to him, slightly and secretively, because he was her favorite”

Questions about secretively

What does secretively mean?

secretively means "in a secretive manner; with a preference for secrecy".

How many syllables are in secretively?

secretively has 5 syllables and divides as se-cre-ti-ve-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is secretively a common word?

secretively is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.