But for to kepe hem prively and stille, Til I thy purpos knewe and al thy wille.
This sowdanesse, whom I thus blame and warie, Leet prively hir conseil goon hir way.
Privee penaunce is thilke that men doon alday for privee sinnes, of whiche we shryve us privelyand receyve privee penaunce.
Yet hadde this Melibeus in his conseil many folk, that [204] prively in his ere conseilled him certeyn thing, and conseilled him the contrarie in general audience.
Seint Urban, with his deknes, prively The body fette, and buried it by nighte Among his othere seintes honestly.
For [212] Cassidorie seith: that "it is a maner sleighte to hindre, whan he sheweth to doon a thing openly and werketh prively the contrarie.
Thise hundred frankes he fette forth anon, And prively he took hem to daun Iohn.
He gooth and geteth him a kneding-trogh, 3620 And after that a tubbe and a kimelin, And prively he sente hem to his in, And heng hem in the roof in privetee.
And prively he doth his shippes dighte, And shapeth him to stele a-wey by nighte.
The husbond knew the estres wel and fyne, 1715 And prively into the hous they goon; Nor at the gate porter was ther noon; And at the chambre-dore they abyde.
Whan Eneas was come un-to that place, 1015 Unto the maister-temple of al the toun Ther Dido was in her devocioun, Ful privelyhis wey than hath he nome.
Arcite is riden anon unto the toun And on the morwe, or it were dayes light, before Ful prively two harneys hath he dight, prepared Bothe suffisaunt and mete to darreyne sufficient The batayl in the feeld betwix hem tweyne.
But for to kepe hem prively and stille quietly Til I thy purpos knewe, and al thy wille!
The lord the Bruce, but mar letting, Gert privelybryng stedys twa.
The wawes semeden as they kiste togider; but often under colour of kissinge is mokel old hate prively closed and kept.
He can the packes wel ransake, So prively berth non aboute His gold, that he ne fint it oute, Or other juel, what it be; He takth it as his proprete.
The messager which forth it bar, What it amonteth is noght war; And natheles to Progne he goth And prively takth hire the cloth, 5780 And wente ayein riht as he cam, The court of him non hiede nam.
Thus was it spoken to and fro Of hem that were with him tho Al prively behinde his bak; Bot to himselven noman spak.
Bot that which nevere was wel herted, 640 Envie, tho began travaile In destourbance of this spousaile So prively that non was war.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "prively" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
