Confidential Definition

kŏnfĭ-dĕnshəl
adjective
Told in confidence; imparted in secret.
Webster's New World
Entrusted with the confidence of another.
A confidential secretary.
American Heritage
Of or showing trust in another; confiding.
Webster's New World
Not publicly or generally known; secret.
Webster's New World
Denoting confidence or intimacy.
A confidential tone of voice.
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Origin of Confidential

  • From Latin confidentia +‎ -al.

    From Wiktionary

Confidential Sentence Examples

  • This tool is free to use and completely confidential.

  • It keeps a register of British firms who may desire to receive confidential information relative to their respective trades and supplies that information free of charge.

  • A good deal of special investigation relating to naval and especially submarine warfare was carried on during 1914-8, but the results of this confidential work were not published.

  • As a result of the hostility between Kutuzov and Bennigsen, his Chief of Staff, the presence of confidential representatives of the Emperor, and these transfers, a more than usually complicated play of parties was going on among the staff of the army.

  • Being sworn, he detailed a confidential conversation he had had with the prisoner in the Tower.

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Words Starting With

CCOCON

Words Ending With

LALIAL

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Words Starting With C and Ending With L

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12 Letter Words12 Letter Words Starting With C12 Letter Words Ending With L