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privily

adverb /ˈpɹɪvɪli/

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

    archaic

    King Edward: I dare not, for the people love him well. Gaveston: Why, then we'll have him privily made away.

    Gaveston: Why do you not commit him to the Tower?

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry privily (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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