Gaveston: Why do you not commit him to the Tower? King Edward: I dare not, for the people love him well. Gaveston: Why, then we'll have him privily made away.
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Privily
//ˈpɹɪvɪli//
Synonyms for "privily" (4 found)
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Thou, Richard, shalt to the Duke of Norfolk, / And tell him privily of our intent.
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[…] to cause that foaming in their mouthes, which is fearefull to behold by the standers by, they have this trick, privily to convey a peece of white soape into one corner of their Jawes, which causeth that froth to come boyling forth.
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Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.
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