[Ads-l] under secret

[Jonathan Lighter]

YouTube doc about Hobbit hominins ("Lost Humans, Part 2"):

"Their demise was under secret."

'From a hidden or uncertain cause or causes'?

And yes, the narration is otherwise perfectly literate, done by a polished
American speaker.

JL

-- 
"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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