in private

Speech parts

1. in private - Adverb

2. in private - Phrase

Meaning

kept private or confined to those intimately concerned

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

privately in camera secretly quietly intimately covertly confidentially privily personally offstage on the sly in secret unofficially face to face discreetly
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Antonyms

in public publicly openly overtly blatantly brazenly
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Examples

Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards. Robert A. Heinlein

Chide a friend in private and praise him in public. Solon

Poetry is the one place where people can speak their original human mind. It is the outlet for people to say in public what is known in private. Allen Ginsberg

He who is void of virtuous Attachments in private Life, is, or very soon will be void of all Regard for his Country. There is seldom an Instance of a Man guilty of betraying his Country, who had not before lost the Feeling of moral Obligations in his private Connections. Samuel Adams

It is only fair to state, with regard to modern journalists, that they always apologize to one in private for what they have written against one in public. Oscar Wilde

One who curses someone in public, brings it on himself in private. Swahili Proverb

Words in the phrase

in private

Close letter words and terms

in principle in print in prison in private thoughts in proactive mode in process