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Definition of In private
1. Adverb. Kept private or confined to those intimately concerned. "He was questioned in private"
Definition of In private
1. Adverb. privately, where no one else can see and/or hear what one is doing or saying. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of In Private
Literary usage of In private
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1909)
"Ing required to work on the public works of the state and not in private camps."
To this exception is taken. John B. Hutcheson and Claude Payton, ..."
2. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"Here they were interrupted by the entrance of a third person, and Elinor withdrew
to think it all over in private, to wish success ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... pupils in private elementary schools of kindergarten, primary and grammar
grades; 155135 students in private high schools; 6958 students in private ..."
4. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1884)
"PRINCE BISMARCK in private LIFE. IT is by no means an unlovely characteristic of
the men and women of the present day that they wish to know something of ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... to celebrate Mass in private chapels, exercising over them due supervision;
to celebrate Mass before dawn, after midday, or in the open air; ..."
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