Wordnet 3.0
ADVERB (1)
1.
in secret or covertly;
- Example: "held a meeting sub rosa to avoid general criticism"
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sub rosa
adv 1: in secret or covertly; "held a meeting sub rosa to avoid
general criticism"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "sub rosa":
behind the curtain, behind the scenes, behind the veil, by stealth,
covertly, furtively, hugger-mugger, in a corner, in a whisper,
in camera, in darkness, in hidlings, in secret, in the background,
in the dark, nobody the wiser, privately, secretly, sotto voce,
stealthily, surreptitiously, under the breath, under the rose,
undercover, underground, with bated breath