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con·fi·den·tial

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–adjective

1.	spoken, written, acted on, etc., in strict privacy or secrecy; secret: a confidential remark.

2.	indicating confidence or intimacy; imparting private matters: a confidential tone of voice.

3.	having another's trust or confidence; entrusted with secrets or private affairs: a confidential secretary.

(of information, a document, etc.)

a.	bearing the classification confidential, usually being above restricted and below secret.

b.	limited to persons authorized to use information, documents, etc., so classified. Compare classification (def. 5).

[Origin: 1645–55; < L confīdenti(a) confidence + -al¹

]

—Related forms

con·fi·den·ti·al·i·ty, con·fi·den·tial·ness, noun

con·fi·den·tial·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 1. restricted, private. 2. intimate, familiar. 3. trusted, trustworthy, private. See familiar.

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con·fi·den·tial Audio Help (kŏn'fĭ-děn'shəl) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Done or communicated in confidence; secret.
Entrusted with the confidence of another: a confidential secretary.
Denoting confidence or intimacy: a confidential tone of voice.
Containing information, the unauthorized disclosure of which poses a threat to national security.

con'fi·den'ti·al'i·ty (-shē-āl'ĭ-tē), con'fi·den'tial·ness n., con'fi·den'tial·ly adv.

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confidentially
adverb
in a confidential manner; "spoke to him intimately and confidentially"

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ˌconfiˈdentially adverb

secretly; not wishing to have the information passed on to anyone else
Example: She could not tell me what he said — he was speaking confidentially.

Arabic:	بِسِرِّيَّه، بِثِقَه،
Chinese (Simplified):	机密地
Chinese (Traditional):	機密地
Czech:	důvěrně
Danish:	fortroligt
Dutch:	vertrouwelijk
Estonian:	konfidentsiaalselt
Finnish:	luottamuksellisesti
French:	confidentiellement
German:	im Vertrauen
Greek:	εμπιστευτικά
Hungarian:	bizalmasan
Icelandic:	í trúnaði
Italian:	confidenzialmente
Japanese:	ないしょで

Korean:	은밀히
Latvian:	konfidenciāli; slepeni
Lithuanian:	konfidencialiai, slapta
Norwegian:	i fortrolighet, konfidensielt
Polish:	poufnie
Portuguese (Brazil):	confidencialmente
Portuguese (Portugal):	em confidência
Romanian:	confidenţial
Russian:	конфиденциально
Slovak:	dôverne
Slovenian:	zaupno
Spanish:	confidencialmente
Swedish:	i förtroende, förtroligt
Turkish:	gizlice, gizli