privately

English

Etymology

From private +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹaɪvɪtli/, /ˈpɹaɪvətli/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: pri‧vate‧ly

Adverb

privately (comparative more privately, superlative most privately)

1. In a private manner.
   • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 389, about Upper Arley:

     Arley's ferry boat has been replaced by a single-span pedestrian bridge. This leads to the old Harbour Inn and the impeccably restored railway station, now part of the privately run steam-operated Severn Valley Railway.

   • 2012 May 13, Andrew Benson, “Williams's Pastor Maldonado takes landmark Spanish Grand Prix win”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Alonso and Ferrari may well privately regret the decision to delay their second pit stop until two laps after Maldonado made his on the 24th of 66 laps.

Antonyms

• publicly

Derived terms

• privately held

Translations

in a private manner

• Catalan: privadament (ca)
• Finnish: yksityisesti (fi)
• Galician: privadamente
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: ἰδίᾳ (idíāi)

• Italian: privatamente (it), in privato, in confidenza (it), fra noi, inter nos (it)
• Latin: prīvātim, clam
• Portuguese: privadamente
• Russian: про себя (pro sebja)
• Spanish: privadamente (es)
• Swedish: privat (sv)