If you're privy to something, you've been let in on a secret or know about something that most people don't. Not many people are privy to what those top secret documents are all about, for example.
Is it privy of or privy to?
adjective, priv·i·er, priv·i·est. participating in the knowledge of something private or secret (usually followed by to): Many persons were privy to the plot.
How do you use privy in a sentence?
Privy in a Sentence ?
- The psychologist is privy to his patient's thoughts and emotions.
- Since I am quite young, I am not privy to my parents' intimate conversations.
- Janice cannot be privy to my conversation with Beth because she tells everything she hears.
