adv
Meaning 1
In a private manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
privately
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈpɹaɪvɪtli/
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CMU ARPABET: P R AY1 V AH0 T L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adverb
Meaning 2
kept private or confined to those intimately concerned
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: in private, in camera
Antonyms: publicly
adverb
Meaning 3
by a private person or interest
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a privately financed campaign
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: publicly
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English private Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English privately From private + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: privadament — in a private manner
- Finnish: yksityisesti — in a private manner
- Galician: privadamente — in a private manner
- Ancient Greek: ἰδίᾳ (idíāi) — in a private manner
- Italian: privatamente — in a private manner
- Italian: in privato — in a private manner
- Italian: in confidenza — in a private manner
- Italian: fra noi — in a private manner
- Italian: inter nos — in a private manner
- Latin: prīvātim — in a private manner
- Latin: clam — in a private manner
- Portuguese: privadamente — in a private manner
- Russian: про себя (pro sebja) — in a private manner
- Spanish: privadamente — in a private manner
- Swedish: privat — in a private manner
Real reading context