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Held in private
Answer for the clue "Held in private ", 6 letters:
closed
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Word definitions for closed in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1200, past participle adjective from close (v.). Closed circuit is attested from 1827; closed shop in union sense from 1904; closed system first recorded 1896 in William James.
Usage examples of closed.
Soyana corporation back in 2058, and they made a great deal of money from selling bonded servitors before the worsening social and religious situation on Earth virtually closed down the market.
Through thirteen days of furious debate behind closed doors, Adams could only watch and listen.
Farr had closed his eyes he might have imagined he was listening to an old, time-beaten man like Adda rather than a boy at the start of his life.
Ahenobarbus have the Adriatic closed and Brundisium under blockade, so it will be Patiscus, Parmensis and Turullius in charge of maritime operations around Neapolis.
Caution faded to nothing as he closed on afterburner and ignored his low-fuel state light.
The last course that I heard from Agassiz in Cambridge began on October 23, 1867, and closed on January 11, 1868.
Like the Airedale terrier his curly hair made him resemble, whose jaws closed upon prey and locked, not letting go until one of them was dead, Richie would not so easily give up his original idea.
It was an unusual experience, for she had always had the knack for getting women to open up, but Kitty was closed to the subject of what had gone on at the Albany courthouse.
London air and I half closed my eyes as I followed the tingle all the way down to my lungs.
Hands were clutching at the garments of the dazed Mattenbaal when the armored Anakim closed in around him, beat the mob back with bowstaves and spear shafts, and hustled the priest away.
The door swung silently closed and Andi stepped away from the door to enjoy the moment of sunshine.
Lena held out her arms and Andi collapsed beside her, eyes closed, wishing she could cry.
Madame Angelin quivered and closed her eyes as if to escape the spectacle of all the terrifying things that she evoked, the wretchedness, the shame, the crimes that she elbowed during her continual perambulations through that hell of poverty, vice, and hunger.
Still in silence, he watched Madame Angelin as she closed it, slipped its little chain round her wrist, and then finally rose from her chair.
Nom Anor opened his mouth, took a breath, started to say something, changed his mind, started to say something else--then closed it again.