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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (1)

1. kept private or confined to those intimately concerned;
- Example: "it was discussed privately between the two men"
- Example: "privately, she thought differently"
- Example: "some member of his own party hoped privately for his defeat"
- Example: "he was questioned in private"
[syn: privately, in private, in camera]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Private \Pri"vate\ (pr[imac]"v[asl]t), n. 1. A secret message; a personal unofficial communication. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Personal interest; particular business.[Obs.] [1913 Webster] Nor must I be unmindful of my private. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] 3. Privacy; retirement. [Archaic] "Go off; I discard you; let me enjoy my private." --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. One not invested with a public office. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] What have kings, that privates have not too? --Shak. [1913 Webster] 5. (Mil.) A common soldier; a soldier below the grade of a noncommissioned officer. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 6. pl. The private parts; the genitals. [1913 Webster] In private, secretly; not openly or publicly. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

in private adv 1: kept private or confined to those intimately concerned; "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" [syn: privately, in private, in camera] [ant: in public, publically, publicly]