privily

Example Sentences

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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.

From Economist • Sep. 19, 2013

"At the homes of friends, according to the will of the hostess," at resorts to which young Baltimore men friends escort them, privily, by stealth, Goucher College girls have usually smoked if they wanted to.

From Time Magazine Archive

Young Legalites Corcoran and Cohen, who drafted the bill, had given their advice privily in the cloakrooms.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gone are such phrases as "is come," "would fain," such words as "divers" and "privily."

From Time Magazine Archive

"Come, let us go somewhere we can speak more privily."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin