privately

/ˈpraɪvətli/ adverb

Definition

› not said or done officially or publicly: say/acknowledge/admit privately Officials privately admitted that the data was unreliable.speak/meet privately (with sb) He met privately with his administrative team late in the day.

› ECONOMICS owned or financed by a company or group of people, rather than by the government: privately run/operated/managed. privately funded projects

(Definition of privately adverb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)