HUGGER-MUGGER


Meaning of HUGGER-MUGGER in English

I. noun

1.

Synonyms: secrecy , hugger-muggery, hush, hush-hush, secretiveness, secretness, silence

2.

Synonyms: clutter 2, hash, jumble, jungle, litter, mash, muddle, rummage, scramble, tumble

II. adverb

Synonyms: secretly , by stealth, clandestinely, covertly, furtively, in camera, privately, stealthily, sub rosa, surreptitiously

III. adjective

Synonyms: secret 1, clandestine, covert, furtive, hole-and-corner, hush-hush, sub-rosa, undercover, ||underneath, under-the-table

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