privately

Questions about privately

What does privately mean?

privately means "kept private or confined to those intimately concerned". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in privately?

privately has 3 syllables: priva-te-ly. The stress falls on "priva". In IPA it is /ˈpɹaɪvətli/.

What is another word for privately?

Close synonyms include in private, in camera. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of privately?

The recorded antonyms are publicly, publicly.

Is privately a common word?

privately is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.