private (n.)
private (adv.)
private (adj.)
- absolute
- anonymous
- antisocial
- certain
- clandestine
- concealed
- concrete
- confidential
- covert
- deep-seated
- defined
- definite
- detailed
- determinate
- different
- discreet
- distinct
- distinguished
- esoteric
- especial
- exceptional
- exclusive
- express
- extraordinary
- fixed
- hermitical
- hidden
- hush-hush
- hushed
- idiosyncratic
- immanent
- implanted
- implicit
- inaccessible
- inalienable
- incognito
- individual
- indwelling
- ingrained
- inherent
- inmost
- inner
- innermost
- inside
- interior
- internal
- intimate
- intrinsic
- inward
- inwrought
- irreducible
- isolated
- minute
- noteworthy
- own
- particular
- peculiar
- personal
- precise
- privileged
- privy
- reclusive
- reserved
- resident
- respective
- restricted
- restrictive
- reticent
- retired
- retiring
- secluded
- secret
- sequestered
- several
- singular
- sneaking
- solitary
- special
- specific
- subjective
- surreptitious
- unalienable
- unchallengeable
- uncommunicative
- undisclosed
- unofficial
- unquestionable
- unsociable
- unsocial
- withdrawn
Private credit is wealth; public honour is security. The feather that adorns the royal bird supports its flight; strip him of his plumage, and you fix him to the earth.
Letters of Junius. Letter xlii. Affair of the Falkland Islands.
Statesman, yet friend to truth! of soul sincere,
In action faithful, and in honour clear;
Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end,
Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend.
The dog, to gain his private ends,
Went mad, and bit the man.
What private griefs they have, alas, I know not.
When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway,
The post of honour is a private station.
And for our country 't is a bliss to die.
