anonymously

adverb

anon·y·mous·ly ə-ˈnä-nə-məs-lē

: in an anonymous manner : without identification of the source

They made the donation anonymously.

The problem, of course, is that so much of online commenting is done anonymously, making it easier for keyboard poltroons to write whatever they want without the accountability—without the shame.—

Daniel Ruth

Holocaust denial material can frequently be found on computer bulletin boards, which are used by white-power and neo-Nazi groups to schedule meetings and disseminate information anonymously.—

Michiko Kakutani

A few scrupulous tax lawyers have anonymously leaked details of shelter schemes to the IRS.—

Franklin Foer

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Safe Haven Baby Boxes — which are often placed in fire departments and hospitals in states with safe haven laws that allow parents to anonymously leave unharmed newborns — set off alarms when babies are placed inside. —

Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024 Platforms like Glassdoor also allow employees to anonymously review and share their employment experiences, and TikTok can be used to put bad bosses on blast. —

Byemma Burleigh, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024 Life360 says location updates are generated automatically and anonymously. —

PCMAG, 13 Oct. 2024 That professor, who agreed to speak anonymously, says he was approached in 2008 by David Gonla Wu, charge d’affaires to the U.N. for Vanuatu, a small archipelago near Australia, and president of a nonprofit called the Ritz International Foundation. —

Joseph Bien-Kahn, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for anonymously