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The film-makers explained that they had used prototype cameras in order to shoot portions of the drama covertly in Glasgow's nightclubs and shopping centres.
The NHS began investigating after a whistleblower came forward in June with evidence including covertly filmed footage.
For her first 10 years as a writer, she had other jobs as telemarketer, researcher, caretaker, when she covertly scribbled.
The propaganda pumped out by Kremlin-run television has maintained Russians' support both for the war and for him; but as the rouble falls, capital flees Moscow and the body bags of Russian soldiers covertly return, his political problems will mount.
But some Taiwanese believe this is a ploy by Mr Ma covertly to integrate Taiwan more closely with mainland China.Hanyu pinyin is now used on street signs in the island's capital, Taipei, but some cities ruled by opposition mayors are staging a boycott.
It would be surprising if President Bashar Assad does not have contingency plans for covertly hanging on to some of that hard-won capability.But even these difficulties pale by comparison with having to complete a task, in the middle of a civil war, that has taken years to accomplish in peace elsewhere.
The Georgians had often accused Russia of covertly launching such strikes anyway, but the open threat rattled them.So Mr Shevardnadze sent troops into the gorge not the wild, inaccessible nowhere-land that it sounds like, but a broad valley two hours drive from Tbilisi and soon declared it empty of undesirables.
Their relations appear warm.The idea that Mr Ambani covertly runs India is far-fetched.
Thus General Pervez Musharraf, explaining why he forced Abdul Qadeer Khan, the father of Pakistan's bomb, to make a public apology for covertly selling nuclear secrets to Iran, Libya and North Korea.
After the LeT attacked the Indian parliament in December 2001 Pakistan banned it, but it has survived either (as the Pakistanis claim) because it has grown too successful to crush or (as the Indians suspect) because the Pakistani armed forces continue to help it covertly.
In June the power company sought to influence a publicly broadcast hearing by asking employees covertly to send in e-mails supporting the restart of a nuclear reactor.
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The primary grammatical function of "covertly" is as an adverb , modifying verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs to describe how an action is performed. Ludwig confirms that "covertly" is correct and usable in written English.
Expression frequency: Very common
