privily

[priv-uh-lee]

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adverb

in a privy manner; secretly.

Origin of privily

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at privy, -ly

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Related Words for privily

quietly, clandestinely, surreptitiously, covertly, privately, personally, furtively, stealthily, confidentially, hush-hush, intimately, obscurely, slyly, insidiously, privily, unobserved

Examples from the Web for privily

Historical Examples of privily

But oughtn't these things be done by night, privily, as they should bury the dead?
The Wind Bloweth
Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne
Twice only did he hastily turn away and privily wipe his eyes.
Margery [Gred], Complete
Georg Ebers
But where, and how, were these traitors "privily brought in?"
The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Galatians
G. G. Findlay
But Holyday's father dragged the scholar aside to talk with him privily.
Captain Ravenshaw
Robert Neilson Stephens
That thou wouldst be pleased to see him privily, my liege, answered Cecil.
Hildebrand
Anonymous

British Dictionary definitions for privily

privily

adverb

archaic, or literary in a secret way

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