0 in secret, or with only one or two other people present: --
1 by a person or company and not by the government: --
2 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.
3 owned or financed by a company or group of people, rather than by the government: --
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
We kunnen het stap voor stap voltooien, hoe lang de weg ook is en het kan niet worden voltooid, hoe kort de weg ook is, als je niet eens je voetafdruk markeert.