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confidentially en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English confidential Middle English -ly English -ly English confidentially From confidential + -ly.

Meanings

  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:
  2. (alt-of, colloquial) Spoken of in a private manner.

Forms

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most confidentially Degree=Sup lexicographic
more confidentially Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Synonyms

in confidence

Translations (10)

el εμπιστευτικά (in a confidential manner) · es confidencialmente (in a confidential manner) · ca confidencialment (in a confidential manner) · de unter vier Augen (in a confidential manner) · it confidenzialmente (in a confidential manner) · is undir fjögur augu (in a confidential manner) · fr confidentiellement (in a confidential manner) · pt confidencialmente (in a confidential manner) · is í trúnaði (in a confidential manner) · gl confidencialmente (in a confidential manner)