Sub Rosa Synonyms

rōzə
Designed and carried out secretly or confidentially
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. secretly
  2. obscurely
  3. under-the-table
  4. privately
  5. confidentially
  6. behind-the-scenes
In a secret way
(Adverb)
Synonyms:
  1. clandestinely
  2. covertly
  3. huggermugger
  4. secretly
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Sub Rosa Sentence Examples

  • Under the searchlights of the new learning, the dictatorship of Ptolemy appeared no more inevitable than that of Aristotle; advanced thinkers like Domenico Maria Novara (1454-1504) promulgated sub rosa what were called Pythagorean opinions; and they were eagerly and fully appropriated by Nicolaus Copernicus during his student-years (1496-1505) at Bologna and Padua.

  • Through Schultens too he got at Arabic MSS., and was even allowed sub rosa to take them home with him.

  • The sub rosa purpose is to form a nucleus around which a second empire can form, guided by the principles of psychohistory.

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