# covertly

> English word · Adverb · frequency rank #36,094

## Definitions
1. In a covert manner, secretly.

## Etymology
From Middle English covertli, equivalent to covert + -ly.

## Easily confused with
- **covert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/covert-vs-covertly)
- **courtly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/courtly-vs-covertly)
- **Coventry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coventry-vs-covertly)

## Common misspellings (13)
`ccovertly`, `coevrtly`, `coverlty`, `coverrtly`, `covertlly`, `covertlyy`, `coverttly`, `covertyl`, `covetrly`, `covretly`, `covvertly`, `cvoertly`, `ocvertly`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/covertly