CONFIDENTIALLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does confidentially mean? 

• CONFIDENTIALLY (adverb)
  The adverb CONFIDENTIALLY has 1 sense:

1. in a confidential manner

  Familiarity information: CONFIDENTIALLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONFIDENTIALLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a confidential manner

Context example:

spoke to him intimately and confidentially

Pertainym:

confidential ((of information) given in confidence or in secret)

 Context examples 

“The last words in it were ‘For God’s sake,’” he whispered, confidentially; “I am very anxious at getting no answer.”

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You see, he continued confidentially, I don't mind my legs and arms and body being stuffed, because I cannot get hurt.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

“It didn't come to a end there,” said Mr. Barkis, nodding confidentially.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The dog-musher paused and nodded his head confidentially at Moosehide Mountain.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

"And she him," I added; "look how she leans her head towards him as if she were conversing confidentially; I wish I could see her face; I have never had a glimpse of it yet."

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

And being always with her, and always talking confidentially, and his feelings exactly in that favourable state which a recent disappointment gives, those soft light eyes could not be very long in obtaining the pre-eminence.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

This was addressed confidentially to both of us, as the morsel of a hand came away from the face, and buried itself, arm and all, in the bag again.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Can I speak confidentially?

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He looked, to the best of his ability, when he asked me for it confidentially, as if he had never seen me before; but well did I know him, and well did he know me.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The two girls and Jordan leaned together confidentially.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)