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unconfiding en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + confiding.

Meanings

  1. Not inclined to share confidences; taciturn.
    • It was the merits of Sir Howard to which her attention was continually being attracted. Whence came it then that she still remained unconfiding and mistrustful of him? 1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter I, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 5:

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more unconfiding Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most unconfiding Degree=Sup lexicographic