privy

[US]/'prɪvɪ/
[UK]/'prɪvi/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. private; not public; participating in secret
n. person with a vested interest; toilet

Phrases & Collocations

be privy to

privy council

Example Sentences

the Privy Seal (be privy to (a plot)

was privy to government secrets.

the K-of the Privy Seal

he was no longer privy to her innermost thoughts.

These included the great kitchen, privy kitchen, cellar, larder, pantry, buttery, ewery, saucery, chaundry, spicery, poultery and victualling house.

Real-world Examples

" The pail, " said Davos, gesturing. " We have no privy here. What terms" ?

Source: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Ice and Rain (Bilingual)

To that information, I am not privy.

Source: Lost Girl Season 4

What have you having done? - I turned a bedroom into a bathroom and I've installed an inside privy.

Source: Downton Abbey (Audio Version) Season 6

He smiles, and again it's like he's privy to some big secret.

Source: Fifty Shades of Grey (Audiobook Excerpt)

This was because the privy chamber became a part of Henry's government's.

Source: 2018 Best Hits Compilation

Ladies and gentlemen, we've been made privy to a very romantic story.

Source: Downton Abbey (Audio Version) Season 4

And I've been privy to the mating rituals of green sea turtles in the Mozambique Channel.

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) February 2016 Collection

Davos did not deny it. " If it please my lord, I would request a privy audience" .

Source: A Dance with Dragons: The Song of Ice and Fire (Bilingual Chinese-English)

I must admit it's an unusual sensation to learn there's a secret in this house I'm actually privy to.

Source: Downton Abbey (Audio Version) Season 5

It seems His Excellency has made him privy to a scurrilous story concerning Lady Mary and the late Mr Pamuk.

Source: Downton Abbey (Audio Segmented Version) Season 1

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