Covert

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–adjective 

1. concealed; secret; disguised. 

2. covered; sheltered. 

3. Law. (of a wife) under the protection of one's husband.  



–noun 

4. a covering; cover. 

5. a shelter or hiding place. 

6. concealment or disguise. 

7. Hunting. a thicket (灌林叢;雜木林) giving shelter to wild animals or game. 

8. Also called tectrix. Ornithology. (鳥類學) one of the small feathers that cover the bases of the large feathers of the wings and tail. 

9. covert cloth.  



—Synonyms 

1. clandestine, surreptitious, furtive.





　

Rembrandt uses his painting as a covert [condemnation] of his patrons; when it's unveiled, they're furious.





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clandestine 

surreptitious

furtive



oblique neither perpendicular nor parallel →indirect 

ulterior concealed, future



remittent【醫】弛張的;忽輕忽重的

sporadic irregular, occasional

inadvertent unintentional, heedless