behind a screen
adjective
Roget 528:
concealed
etc.
v.;
hidden;
secret,
recondite,
mystic,
cabalistic,
occult,
dark;
cryptic,
cryptical†;
private,
privy,
in petto,
auricular,
clandestine,
close,
inviolate;
tortuous.
behind a screen
etc.
530;
undercover,
under an eclipse;
in ambush,
in hiding,
in disguise;
in a cloud,
in a fog,
in a mist,
in a haze,
in a dark corner;
in the shade,
in the dark;
clouded,
wrapped in clouds,
wrapt in clouds†;
invisible
etc.
447;
buried,
underground,
perdu [Fr.];
secluded
etc.
893.
undisclosed
etc.
529,
untold
etc.
527;
covert
etc.
(latent)
526;
untraceable;
mysterious
etc.
(unintelligible)
519.
irrevealable†,
inviolable;
confidential;
esoteric;
not to be spoken of;
unmentionable.
obreptitious†,
furtive,
stealthy,
feline;
skulking
etc.
v.;
surreptitious,
underhand,
hole and corner;
sly
etc.
(cunning)
702;
secretive,
evasive;
reserved,
reticent,
uncommunicative,
buttoned up;
close,
close as wax;
taciturn
etc.
585.
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adverb
Roget 528:
secretly
etc.
adj.;
in secret,
in private,
in one's sleeve,
in holes and corners;
in the dark
etc.
adj..
januis clausis [Lat.],
with closed doors,
a huis clos [Fr.];
hugger mugger,
a la derobee [Fr.];
under the cloak of,
under the rose,
under the table;
sub rosa [Lat.],
en tapinois [Fr.],
in the background,
aside,
on the sly,
with bated breath,
sotto voce [Lat.],
in a whisper,
without beat of drum,
a la sourdine†.
behind the veil;
beyond mortal ken,
beyond the grave,
beyond the veil;
hid from mortal vision;
into the eternal secret,
into the realms supersensible†,
into the supreme mystery.
in confidence,
in strict confidence,
in strictest confidence;
confidentially
etc.
adj.;
between ourselves,
between you and me;
between you and me and the bedpost;
entre nous [Fr.],
inter nos,
under the seal of secrecy;
a couvert [Fr.].
underhand,
by stealth,
like a thief in the night;
stealthily
etc.
adj.;
behind the scenes,
behind the curtain,
behind one's back,
behind a screen
etc.
530;
incognito;
in camera.
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