privately
1Privately — Pri vate*ly (pr[imac] v[asl]t*l[y^]), adv. [1913 Webster] 1. In a private manner; not openly; without the presence of others. [1913 Webster] 2. In a manner affecting an individual; personally; not officially; as, he is not privately benefited.… …
2privately — index alone (solitary), in person Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3privately — private pri‧vate [ˈpraɪvt] adjective [only before a noun] 1. private property, businesses, activities etc are owned or paid for by people and companies, rather than the government: • They transferred ownership of thousands of companies from the… …
4privately — pri|vate|ly [ˈpraıvıtli] adv 1.) with no one else present = in private ▪ I must talk to you privately. 2.) if you feel or think something privately, you do not tell anyone about it ▪ Laura praised the pictures, though she privately thought they… …
5privately — adverb 1 with no one else present: Could I speak to you privately? 2 if you feel or think something privately, you do not tell anyone about it (sentence adverb): Privately, Prue felt that the whole exercise was a waste of time. 3 especially BrE… …
6privately — pri|vate|ly [ praıvətli ] adverb ** 1. ) in a place where no other people can see or hear you: We wanted to speak privately. a ) used about thoughts or feelings that you do not express: They were privately furious about it. Privately, he hoped… …
7privately */*/ — UK [ˈpraɪvətlɪ] / US adverb 1) a) in a place where no other people can see or hear you We wanted to speak privately. b) used about thoughts or feelings that you do not express They were privately furious about it. Privately, he hoped they would… …
8privately — adverb 1. kept private or confined to those intimately concerned (Freq. 7) it was discussed privately between the two men privately, she thought differently some member of his own party hoped privately for his defeat he was questioned in private… …
9privately — [[t]praɪvɪtli[/t]] ADV: ADV after v If you buy or sell something privately, you buy it from or sell it to another person directly, rather than in a shop or through a business. → See also private The whole process makes buying a car privately as… …
10privately — adverb 1) we must talk privately Syn: in secret, secretly, in private, behind closed doors, in camera; in confidence, confidentially, between ourselves, entre nous, off the record; formal sub rosa Ant: publicly 2) …
