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privypriv‧y1 /ˈprɪvi/ adjective   - And if he had made that boast, would it have remained privy to the colleagues?
- Earl, a classmate of North's from the Naval Academy, was privy to quite a lot, including the diversion.
- For the most part, citizens were neither involved in nor privy to this process.
- His access to patronage, too, was gained through privy Seal connections.
- I was privy to all their discussions on Hardy, as both had known him during the First World War.
- It is a soiled and puckered hem, the golden treasury's privy purse.
- On the front lines, the infantrymen were not privy to the intelligence part of the missions that we went on.
NOUN► council· Another deportation order was served, and the case was taken before the privy Council in London.· He appealed, and was reinstated by the privy Council, but was unable to continue his employment for long. ► councillor· Charles I was equally well disposed towards Salisbury and made him a privy councillor in 1626.· He was created baronet in 1895 and a privy councillor in 1906. ► purse· It is a soiled and puckered hem, the golden treasury's privy purse. ► seal· His access to patronage, too, was gained through privy Seal connections.· Letters under the privy seal were prepared by the thousand, and instructions were sent to the chief commissioners in each shire. ► be privy to something- Earl, a classmate of North's from the Naval Academy, was privy to quite a lot, including the diversion.
- I was privy to all their discussions on Hardy, as both had known him during the First World War.
- Secondly, she would not be privy to any information contained in those letters.
1be privy to something sharing in the knowledge of facts that are secret:  Colby was privy to the committee’s decisions.2old use secret and private—privily adverb |