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confidentially

confidentially adverb: in a confidential manner. Also the spoken of in a private manner.

Adverb

confidentially (comparative more confidentially, superlative most confidentially)

  1. In a confidential manner.
    • He leant towards her confidentially, "He was thrown out of Rome, see?"1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 75
    Synonyms:
    in confidence

Also used as

confidentially is also the spoken of in a private manner.

Synonyms of confidentially

Forms of confidentially

comparativemore confidentially
superlativemost confidentially

Origin of confidentially

From confidential + -ly.

Questions about confidentially

What does confidentially mean?
Confidentially means in a confidential manner.
What part of speech is confidentially?
Confidentially is an adverb.

Words near confidentially in the dictionary

  1. confidential informant
  2. confidential informants
  3. confidentialised
  4. confidentialities
  5. confidentiality
  6. confidentially
  7. confidentialness
  8. confidently
  9. confidentness
  10. confidents
  11. confider

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