anonymously

[ uh-non-uh-muhs-lee ]

adverb

1. without giving a name:

   If you wish to write your story from a man's point of view, either using your name or anonymously, I will post it for you.

Word History and Origins

Origin of anonymously¹

anonymous ( def ) + -ly

Example Sentences

That might sound like a privacy invasion, but they figured out how to track encounters between people in a way that’s anonymous — and doesn’t store your location — by using the Bluetooth wireless technology in phones.

From Washington Post

Anonymous donor meant that the patient would not know the donor’s identity, he would be anonymous to her.

From Washington Post

“Had it not been for this anonymous letter, it would have most likely just been swept under the rug,” she said.

From ProPublica

Among the GDPR’s key provisions, companies are required to receive consent before gathering consumer data, and collected data must be made anonymous.

From Digiday

One of the pages that made a sponsored Dunkin’ post was Sonny5ideUp, which is run by an anonymous, legendary artist who goes by Sonny.

From Vox

Relays are special computers that Tor uses to anonymously transmit traffic across the Internet.

From The Daily Beast

They work anonymously and there is nobility in what they do.

From The Daily Beast

Onion routers refers to the TOR network, a system that allows users to mask their location and communicate anonymously online.

From The Daily Beast

And America: A 7-foot weirdo, with long hair, can walk around anonymously in New York.

From The Daily Beast

Industry players say, (anonymously, of course), that the opposite is true.

From The Daily Beast

The ballad had an enormous circulation and reputation, but, being issued anonymously, brought little renown to its author.

From Project Gutenberg

Ordinarily I should feel ashamed to have correspondence so personal go before the world, even anonymously.

From Project Gutenberg

Pp. 7, 30, 38, contain articles written and contributed anonymously by Whitman to various New York papers.

From Project Gutenberg

The first three articles were written by Whitman during 1855-56 and sent to the newspapers anonymously.

From Project Gutenberg

They knew a few men and women of good birth and no money who lived by writing anonymously for the newspapers.

From Project Gutenberg