And although some union leaders at Metro-North privately disagreed with Mr. Phelan over the walkout, most agreed with his position that labor relations have deteriorated.

The majority of people in a group may privately disagree with a norm, but publicly support it, because they believe that the majority accepts it.

We may privately disagree, as individual soldiers in an army may disagree with the overall policy, but it is beyond our province to oppose it overtly.

"We do disagree, but we disagree privately and we always come to consensus."

While the fund and the bank often disagree privately, today's speech brought into the open months of tension between the two sister institutions over the right strategy for dealing with the crisis.

Captain Salter privately disagreed.

The vote will be close, and some Democrats privately disagree with Ms. Saporta's assessment.

Many other business executives disagreed privately, but had no desire to contradict the Mayor publicly.

During his wife's reign, George occasionally used his influence in support of his wife, even when privately disagreeing with her views.