sub rosa
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
sub rosa
adv 1: in secret or covertly; "held a meeting sub rosa to avoid
general criticism"
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "sub rosa":
behind the curtain, behind the scenes, behind the veil, by stealth,
covertly, furtively, hugger-mugger, in a corner, in a whisper,
in camera, in darkness, in hidlings, in secret, in the background,
in the dark, nobody the wiser, privately, secretly, sotto voce,
stealthily, surreptitiously, under the breath, under the rose,
undercover, underground, with bated breath
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