PRIVATELY Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

privately

adverb

Definition of privately

as in secretly

in a manner intended to prevent knowledge or awareness by others she confided to me privately that she was considering divorce

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Recent Examples of privately The family flew into the country privately and are expected to reside outside London in the Cotswolds area, the BBC reported. — Victoria Craw, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2026 Busy Philipps is opening up about privately dealing with health issues this year that led her to undergo two surgeries after doctors discovered a brain tumor. — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026 The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were understood to be flying privately with their two children from California. — Frank Andrews, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026 Jeffries met privately with Kushner, a powerful but informal adviser to Trump, several weeks ago. — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 25 Aug. 2026 Sara Arroyo Montalvo and her partner had planned to elope privately in Las Vegas when flight attendants learned about their idea and decided to organize a midair ceremony, Montalvo shared in a Facebook post. — Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026 King Charles reportedly welcomes seeing more of his son and grandchildren privately, but the couple will remain non-working royals, with no change to their status. — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 24 Aug. 2026 Instead of gathering a group to generate ideas aloud, where the first strong opinion tends to anchor everyone else's thinking, brainwriting has each person privately jot down ideas before the group reconvenes to build on them. — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026 The team has committed to privately paying $760 million of the stadium’s cost. — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 21 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for privately

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Isshin disapproves of the use of the Dragon’s Heritage and secretly helps Wolf rescue Kuro by directing his doctor, Emma, to tip off Wolf about Kuro’s location.

— Aman Kumar, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Aug. 2026
The effect of the wealth consolidation carefully, and secretly, orchestrated by the SEC and Big 10 has been not catastrophic to those not in these respective leagues, but at least cataclysmic.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2026