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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
in private
adv
  1. kept private or confined to those intimately concerned; "it was discussed privately between the two men"; "privately, she thought differently"; "some member of his own party hoped privately for his defeat"; "he was questioned in private"
    Synonym(s): privately, in private, in camera
    Antonym(s): in public, publically, publicly
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Private \Pri"vate\, n.
      1. A secret message; a personal unofficial communication.
            [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      2. Personal interest; particular business.[Obs.]
  
                     Nor must I be unmindful of my private. --B. Jonson.
  
      3. Privacy; retirement. [Archaic] [bd]Go off; I discard you;
            let me enjoy my private.[b8] --Shak.
  
      4. One not invested with a public office. [Archaic]
  
                     What have kings, that privates have not too? --Shak.
  
      5. (Mil.) A common soldier; a soldier below the grade of a
            noncommissioned officer. --Macaulay.
  
      6. pl. The private parts; the genitals.
  
      {In private}, secretly; not openly or publicly.
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