privately
/ˈpraɪvɪtlɪ/adverb
1- in a private way, manner, or capacity私下地; 以私人方式（或身份）：
I must insist we speak privately
我一定要坚持我们私下谈
their children were privately educated.
他们的孩子都是在私立学校受的教育。
1.1
- often sentence adverb used to refer to a situation in which someone's thoughts and feelings are not disclosed to others私底下：
privately, Robert considered that she was overreacting.
私底下, 罗伯特认为她反应过激。