HOW TO PRONOUNCE
privately
/ˈpɹaɪvətli/
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What does privately mean?
adverb
- In a private manner.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈpɹaɪvətli/
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Finally they arrived in Lisbon and spent six days which, in a journal privately issued afterwards, they described as of “unique interest.”
I privately ascertained the hour at which Mr. Godfrey Ablewhite was expected, and then I escaped the music by leaving the house.
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Mr. Reed had often expressed himself privately as in favor of the Cause--but he had never made a public statement for us.
Caesar replied that he did not want Egyptians to be his counselors, and soon after, privately sent for Cleopatra from her retirement.
The advantage which I should take being that I am induced to publish from privately knowing that Wallace is in the field.