(+ to) sharing in the knowledge of something secret
was not privy to the conspiracy
archaic secret; private
Is the banquet ready i’ the privy chamber? — Shakespeare
This … diviner … told me what privy marks I had about me, as, the mark of my shoulder, the mole on my neck, the great wart on my left arm — Shakespeare
privily adv
[Middle English prive via Old French from Latin privatus: see private1]