covertness
- noun
- /ˈkɒvərtnəs/
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encubrimiento
- She acted with a covertness that kept her true intentions hidden from everyone around her.
Examples
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The covertness of their operations made it difficult for anyone to detect what they were up to.
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The plotline just has more covertness than explosions and is largely ignored in favor of the more popular, if six years younger, War of the Worlds.
Blog text (1) -
As the planet shows no sign of nearing the point where nuclear weapons are banned, it is reasonable to assume that current or aspiring nuclear weapons states will vigorously attempt to acquire high-performance computers to advance their nuclear programs with a degree of covertness hitherto impossible to achieve.
Academic text (1998) -
In 2008, President George W. Bush approved a secret order authorizing special ops forces to conduct clandestine military strikes in Pakistan without the public's knowledge, and requiring the utmost level of covertness.
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His covertness in revealing their plans left his colleagues uneasy and suspicious.
Synonyms
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2.7
Being where other people cannot find you to stay safe
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4.4
Keeping information hidden from other people
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6.5
Quiet movement to avoid being seen or heard
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5.0
Keeping something hidden or secret
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6.5
The habit of not telling people things or hiding information from them
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5.3
An act of hiding something so people do not know about it
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7.8
A state in which something is out of sight and hard to notice or understand
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7.3
Quiet and secret actions to avoid being noticed
The state of being secret to avoid being noticed
Habit of doing things in a hidden way
Trying to avoid being seen or noticed
A private situation where only the involved people know the details
Being alone and not seen by other people
Antonyms
How Secret
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Covertness comes from covert, an old word meaning 'covered', just like the everyday word cover. So, covertness is the quality of being 'hidden' or 'secret'.