こっそり
Meanings
Adverb
Onomatopoeic
1. stealthily; secretly; in secret
I was practicing in secret, though.
Pitch accent
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Examples (15 in total)
I was practicing in secret, though.
Then I'll be cheering you on secretly from here.
I secretly rubbed my face.
Under cover of darkness, I quietly slipped out of the house.
She had been secretly swapping the contents of the PET bottle.
I secretly brought the puppy I'd found into my room.
He told me about it in private.
It's something my father secretly taught me while he was alive.
Alice, who arrived late, secretly whispered in my ear.
Tom was caught sneaking out of the room.
He secretly showed me her photo.
He quietly slipped out the door and hid in the shadow of a nearby pillar.
I recall what I had been secretly thinking about until a few hours ago.
My senior tugs on my sleeve and secretly whispers in my ear.
Actually, this technique was something I had been secretly honing for several days.