Both Uses of
privy
in
Emma
- Emma found that it was not Mr. Weston's fault that the number of privy councillors was not yet larger.†
Chpt 3.1-2 *
- …of spirits, inconsistency of action, and inequality of powers; and it mortified her that she was given so little credit for proper feeling, or esteemed so little worthy as a friend: but she had the consolation of knowing that her intentions were good, and of being able to say to herself, that could Mr. Knightley have been privy to all her attempts of assisting Jane Fairfax, could he even have seen into her heart, he would not, on this occasion, have found any thing to reprove.†
Chpt 3.9-10
Definition:
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(privy as in: privy to her real identity) informed about something secret or not generally known