privately

4 definitions • 7 examples

in secret, or with only one or two other people present:

She spoke privately with the manager.

Despite his public support, privately (= secretly) he was worried.

by a person or company and not by the government:

a privately owned business

not said or done officially or publicly:

say/acknowledge/admit privately Officials privately admitted that the data was unreliable.

speak/meet privately (with sb) He met privately with his administrative team late in the day.

owned or financed by a company or group of people, rather than by the government:

privately run/operated/managed.

privately funded projects