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privily

[ priv-uh-lee ]

adverb

  1. in a privy manner; secretly.


privily

/ ˈ±è°ùɪ±¹Éª±ôɪ /

adverb

  1. archaic.
    in a secret way
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of privily1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English; privy, -ly
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"Come, let us go somewhere we can speak more privily."

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Soon, then, those who wish to communicate completely privily may be able to do so, whatever the world’s Eves might try throwing at them.

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The king gave orders for the most splendid and expensive funeral in living memory and then "privily departed to a solitary place to pass his sorrows".

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These are the names cryptographers give to two people who are trying to communicate privily, and to a third who is trying to intercept and decrypt their conversation.

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An ordinance was passed in 1307, directing the barbers to have the blood “privily carried into the Thames under pain of paying two shillings to the use of the Sheriffs.â€

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