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Adjective: sub-rosa
  1. Designed and carried out secretly or confidentially
    "a sub-rosa report";
    - under-the-table, behind-the-scenes
Adverb: sub rosa  súb row-zu
  1. In secret or covertly
    "held a meeting sub rosa to avoid general criticism"

See also: covert

Encyclopedia: Sub rosa