Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a hidden or secret manner.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a hidden manner.

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  • adverb In a hidden manner

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Examples

  • Even a poet of real inspiration, like Francis Thompson, may seek to carry, "hiddenly," as he would express it, beneath the cloak of his rapture, all sorts of absurd archaisms, awkwardly conventional inversions, hideous neologisms like false antiques, all mere counters.

    Impressions and Comments Havelock Ellis 1899

  • “Until AIDS was initially recognized in 1981, the virus was cryptically hiddenly circulating in a sophisticated medical environment for the better part of 12 years,” Worobey said….

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  • “Until AIDS was initially recognized in 1981, the virus was cryptically hiddenly circulating in a sophisticated medical environment for the better part of 12 years,” Worobey said….

    More On Elliot Abrams:Invade The World, Invite The World In Action 2010

  • By extension, we commit this downfall by being hypocritical in keeping close bonds (dam-tshig, Skt. samaya) with the tantric practices, for example by reciting a daily sadhana text or attending pujas without faith, pretending to be devout, yet hiddenly acting in destructive ways contrary to our pledges.

    Kalachakra Root Tantric Vows 2002

  • Every Tibetan tradition of Buddhism agrees that when we practice Dharma, we need externally to uphold some level of pratimoksha vow for individual liberation, as presented in the body of hinayana teachings, internally to realize all mahayana practices of a dedicated heart of bodhichitta, and hiddenly or secretly to actualize the methods of tantra.

    The Gelug-Kagyu Tradition of Mahamudra ��� Session Two 1997

  • By extension, we commit this downfall by being hypocritical in keeping close bonds with the tantric practices, for example by reciting a daily sadhana text or attending pujas without faith, pretending to be devout, yet hiddenly acting in destructive ways contrary to our pledges.

    Taking the Kalachakra Initiation ��� 7 Tantric Vows 1997

  • Thus by what seems His utter poverty and weakness on the cross He overturns the pomp and parade of idols, and quietly and hiddenly wins over the mockers and unbelievers to recognize Him as God.

    On the Incarnation c.296-c.373 1946

  • Lifting himself cautiously, he crouched on all fours in the grass, slipping and sliding forward so hiddenly that the keen ear and eagle eye of the approaching soldier took note of no least ripple in the quiet grass by the roadside.

    The Best Short Stories of 1920 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Various 1915

  • It may well be that many an element of the heroic, much that is hiddenly meritorious, lurks in these obscure fates and struggles.

    The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume II Gerhart Hauptmann 1904

  • Here was a man who could think hiddenly, speak guardedly, wait for others to show their cards, and do all this with a disarming appearance of ingenuous friendliness.

    The Mayor of Warwick Herbert M��ller Hopkins 1890

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