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单词 confidentially
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confidentially

(kɒnfɪdenʃəli)
1. adverb
Confidentially is used to say that what you are telling someone is a secret and should not be discussed with anyone else.
Confidentially, I am not sure that it wasn't above their heads.
2.  See also confidential

Examples of 'confidentially' in a sentence
confidentially

Nash hadn't raised his voice, still spoke rather softly, confidentially.
Smith, Mitchell STONE CITY (2003)
`She was actually telling me confidentially how much better my predecessor was at everything.
Barbara Erskine SANDS OF TIME (2003)
`He's an old man, tall, white-haired, speaks English," Helena lowered her voice confidentially, `my father, in fact.
Appiganesi, Lisa DREAMS OF INNOCENCE (2003)

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confidentially

British English: confidentially ADVERB
Confidentially is used to say that what you are telling someone is a secret and should not be discussed with anyone else.
Confidentially, I am not sure that it wasn't above their heads.
  • American English: confidentially
  • Brazilian Portuguese: confidencialmente
  • Chinese: 机密地
  • European Spanish: confidencialmente
  • French: confidentiellement
  • German: vertraulich
  • Italian: in confidenza
  • Japanese: 内々に
  • Korean: 비밀인데
  • European Portuguese: confidencialmente
  • Latin American Spanish: confidencialmente

(adverb) 
Confidentially, I am not sure they knew what was happening.
Synonyms
in secret
Dan found out that we'd been meeting in secret to plan his surprise birthday party.
privately
He will see the Prime Minister privately on Thursday.
personally
Personally he was quiet, modest and unobtrusive.
behind closed doors
in confidence
I'm telling you all these things in confidence.
in camera
between ourselves
sub rosa (literary)

Additional synonyms

in the sense of in confidence
Definition
as a secret
I'm telling you all these things in confidence.
Synonyms
in secrecy,
privately,
confidentially,
between you and me (and the gatepost),
(just) between ourselves
in the sense of personally
Personally he was quiet, modest and unobtrusive.
Synonyms
privately,
in private,
off the record
in the sense of privately
He will see the Prime Minister privately on Thursday.
Synonyms
in private,
alone,
discreetly,
behind closed doors,
in camera,
confidentially

Nearby words of
confidentially

  • confidence
  • confident
  • confidential
  • confidentially
  • configuration
  • confine
  • confined

Synonyms of 'confidentially'

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