sub-rosa

An old-fashioned adjective meaning secret, confidential, or done in a clandestine manner.

• 🇷🇺Устаревшее прилагательное, означающее секретный, конфиденциальный или совершаемый тайным образом.

1. Secret or Confidential C2 formal

   Designed and carried out in a secret or confidential manner.

   • The negotiations were conducted sub-rosa to avoid public scrutiny.
   • They held a sub-rosa meeting to discuss the merger.
   • The sub-rosa agreement was never made public.

   🇷🇺Секретный или конфиденциальный

   Synonyms: behind-the-scenesclandestineconfidentialcoverthush-hushoff the recordprivatesecretsurreptitiousundercover

   Antonyms: knownopenovertpublic

• more sub-rosa comparative form
• most sub-rosa superlative form