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privily

adv
/ˈpɹɪvɪli/UK

Etymology

From Middle English prively; equivalent to privy + -ly.

  1. inherited from prively

Definitions

  1. Secretly, in secret

    Secretly, in secret; in a private manner; privately.

    • Gaveston: Why do you not commit him to the Tower? King Edward: I dare not, for the people love him well. Gaveston: Why, then we'll have him privily made away.
    • Thou, Richard, shalt to the Duke of Norfolk, / And tell him privily of our intent.
    • […] to cause that foaming in their mouthes, which is fearefull to behold by the standers by, they have this trick, privily to convey a peece of white soape into one corner of their Jawes, which causeth that froth to come boyling forth.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA