Adjective

(en adjective)

Of, characterized by, or preferring privacy and isolation; secluded.

* {{quote-news

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And if it sort not well, you may conceal her,

As best befits her wounded reputation,

In some reclusive and religious life,

Out of all eyes, tongues, minds and injuries.

Adjective

(en adjective)

Private, exclusive; not public; one's own.

The king retreated to his privy chamber.

the privy purse

Secret, hidden, concealed.

* 1967 , William Styron, The Confessions of Nat Turner , Vintage 2004, p. 82:

Nonetheless, in the dark and privy stillness of our minds there are few of us who are not still haunted by worrisome doubts.

With knowledge of; party to; let in on.

He was privy to the discussions.