| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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huggermugger or hugger-mugger |
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| NOUN: | The habit, practice, or policy of keeping secrets: clandestineness, clandestinity, concealment, covertness, huggermuggery, secrecy, secretiveness, secretness. See SHOW. | | ADJECTIVE: | Existing or operating in a way so as to ensure complete concealment and confidentiality: clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, covert, secret, sub rosa, undercover. Informal : hush-hush. Idioms: under wraps. See SHOW. | | ADVERB: | In a secret way: clandestinely, covertly, secretly, sub rosa. Idioms: by stealth, on the sly, under cover. See SHOW.
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| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. Copyright © 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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