privately

English

Etymology

private +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹaɪvɪtli/, /ˈpɹaɪvətli/
• Hyphenation: pri‧vate‧ly

Adverb

privately (comparative more privately, superlative most privately)

1. In a private manner.
   • 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

Translations

in a private manner

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

  Ancient: ἰδίᾳ (idíāi)

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• Italian: privatamente (it), in privato, in confidenza, fra noi, inter nos (it)
• Latin: prīvātim, clam
• Swedish: privat (sv)