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secretly meaning

EN[ˈsi.krət.li]
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WSecretly
  • "Secretly" is a popular song. It was written by Al Hoffman, Dick Manning, and Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore and published in 1958.
  • The best-known recording of the song was done by Jimmie Rodgers, charting in 1958, reaching number three on the U.S. pop chart and number five on the country chart.
  • The song was revived in 1965 when The Lettermen released it as a single. This version became a minor hit on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching number 64.

    Definition of secretly in English Dictionary

  • AdverbSUF-ly
    1. In secret, covertly.
    2. More Examples
      1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
        • It's that perfect fairy tale x-fic that everyone secretly loves. That, and no squickage whatsoever, which is why I dislike most anachronistic fics. :)
    • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
      1. Adverbs
        • Uncomparable adverbs
        • Morphemes
          • Suffixes
            • Words by suffix
              • Words suffixed with -ly

        Other Vocabulary

        Look-Alike Words
        1. en secrely
        2. en secretary
        3. en secrets
        4. fr secrets
        5. en secrecy
        Source: Wiktionary

        Meaning of secretly for the defined word.

        Grammatically, this word "secretly" is an adverb, more specifically, an uncomparable adverb. It's also a morpheme, more specifically, a suffixe.
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