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Definitions

in private

ADJECTIVE
off the record
Synonyms
WEAK
arcane backdoor classified hush-hush hushed inside not for publication not public on the Q.T. private privy secret unofficial
ADJECTIVE
secretive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
covert enigmatic reticent taciturn
WEAK
backstairs buttoned-up cagey clammed up close close-mouthed cryptic feline furtive hushed in chambers in privacy in the background in the dark on the Q.T. reserved silent tight-lipped undercover unforthcoming withdrawn zipped
Antonyms
STRONGEST
communicative
WEAK
forthright honest open

Example Sentences

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The prime minister has met the Health Secretary Wes Streeting in private – a meeting offered by Sir Keir Starmer to cabinet ministers after Tuesday's cabinet meeting and an offer Streeting took up.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

From time to time, SpaceX has sold shares to various parties in private transactions.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

Orna Guralnik, 62, is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst in private practice and is on the faculty of New York University.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

He has also emphasised the need for an overhaul of international finance, to set up a system of financial guarantees to bring in private investment, he added.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

I suppose they might have talked to their closest friends in private.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro

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