1. designed and carried out secretly or confidentially; - Example: "a sub-rosa report" - Example: "has their under-the-table backing" [syn: sub-rosa, under-the-table, behind-the-scenes]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
behind-the-scenes
adj 1: designed and carried out secretly or confidentially; "a
sub-rosa report"; "has their under-the-table backing"
[syn: sub-rosa, under-the-table, behind-the-scenes]