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covertly

adv

Etymology

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

  1. inherited from covertli

Definitions

  1. In a covert manner, secretly.

    • Only a little removed from the predatory oafdom of male adolescence, he is suspicious of Christian and covertly protective of Cher's person and future.
    • Shimon’s interestingly stereotypical role as a conformist, but in reality covertly resistant, dominand […] is accentuated in the second half of the story[.]

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Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at covertly. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at covertly. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at covertly

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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