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confidentially

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con·fi·den·tial  (knf-dnshl)
adj.
1. Done or communicated in confidence; secret.
2. Entrusted with the confidence of another: a confidential secretary.
3. Denoting confidence or intimacy: a confidential tone of voice.
4. Containing information, the unauthorized disclosure of which poses a threat to national security.

confi·denti·ali·ty (-sh-l-t), confi·dential·ness n.
confi·dential·ly adv.
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Adv.1.confidentially - in a confidential manner; "spoke to him intimately and confidentially"

confidentially
adverb in secret, privately, personally, behind closed doors, in confidence, in camera, between ourselves, sub rosa Confidentially, I am not sure they knew what was happening.
Translations
confidentially [ˌkɒnfɪˈdənʃəlɪ] ADVconfidencialmente, en confianza
confidentially [ˌkɒnfɪˈdɛnʃəli] adv
(= secretly) → confidentiellement
to be treated confidentially [information] → rester confidentiel(le)
(= quietly) [say, speak] → sur un ton confidentiel
confidentially
confidentially [ˌkɒnfɪˈdɛnʃəlɪ] advin confidenza
confidentially [ˌkɒnfɪˈdɛnʃəlɪ] advin confidenza


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Sir, I came to speak confidentially with your general about affairs of importance.
Should any unwarrantably pert young Leviathan coming that way, presume to draw confidentially close to one of the ladies, with what prodigious fury the
Merrylegs was a good deal put out at being "mauled about," as he said, "by a boy who knew nothing;" but toward the end of the second week he told me confidentially that he thought the boy would turn out well.
 
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