Antonyms for privily
Grammar : Adv |
Spell : priv-uh-lee |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈprɪv ə li |
Definition of privily
- As in secretly : adv in hidden manner
- But oughtn't these things be done by night, privily, as they should bury the dead?
- Extract from : « The Wind Bloweth » by Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne
- Twice only did he hastily turn away and privily wipe his eyes.
- Extract from : « Margery [Gred], Complete » by Georg Ebers
- But where, and how, were these traitors "privily brought in?"
- Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Galatians » by G. G. Findlay
- But Holyday's father dragged the scholar aside to talk with him privily.
- Extract from : « Captain Ravenshaw » by Robert Neilson Stephens
- That thou wouldst be pleased to see him privily, my liege, answered Cecil.
- Extract from : « Hildebrand » by Anonymous
- But some drink it privily; for if they drunk it openly, they should be reproved.
- Extract from : « The Travels of Sir John Mandeville » by John Mandeville
- That night I privily departed, but she was not behind in weeping and prayer.
- Extract from : « The Confessions of Saint Augustine » by Saint Augustine
- The ministerial papers, privily warned, would have nothing to say to him.
- Extract from : « Z. Marcas » by Honore de Balzac
- There is nothing to do but privily to call the very bride--the lady herself.
- Extract from : « The Grandissimes » by George Washington Cable
- In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
- Extract from : « The King James Bible, Complete » by Various
Synonyms for privily
- behind closed doors
- behind someone's back
- by stealth
- clandestinely
- confidentially
- covertly
- furtively
- hush-hush
- in camera
- in confidence
- in holes and corners
- in secret
- in strict confidence
- insidiously
- intimately
- obscurely
- on the QT
- on the quiet
- on the sly
- personally
- privately
- privily
- quietly
- slyly
- stealthily
- sub rosa
- surreptitiously
- under the table
- underhandedly
- unobserved
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