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synonyms for privily
- clandestinely
- covertly
- furtively
- personally
- privately
- quietly
- stealthily
- surreptitiously
- behind closed doors
- behind someone's back
- by stealth
- confidentially
- hush-hush
- in camera
- in confidence
- in holes and corners
- in secret
- insidiously
- in strict confidence
- intimately
- obscurely
- on the Q.T.
- on the quiet
- on the sly
- slyly
- sub-rosa
- underhandedly
- under the table
- unobserved
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How to use privily in a sentence
Now faring with the King was one Gamal, & he rode up to one of the peasants who was a friend of his and spoke privily with him.
The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade) | Snorri SturlusonItem, Because in the convents of women men come not but underhand, privily, and by stealth?
Being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, he was minded to put her away privily.
Our Lady Saint Mary | J. G. H. Barry
Then Joseph her husband being a just man, and not wishing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily.
The Bible | John E. RemsburgHast thou noted of her that whiles she goeth away privily by night and cloud?
The Water of the Wondrous Isles | William Morris
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