Confidential
[kɒnfɪ'denʃ(ə)l] or [,kɑnfɪ'dɛnʃl]
Definition
(adj.) the level of official classification for documents next above restricted and below secret; available only to persons authorized to see documents so classified .
(adj.) denoting confidence or intimacy; 'a confidential approach'; 'in confidential tone of voice' .
(adj.) (of information) given in confidence or in secret; 'this arrangement must be kept confidential'; 'their secret communications' .
(adj.) entrusted with private information and the confidence of another; 'a confidential secretary' .
Inputed by Doris--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Enjoying, or treated with, confidence; trusted in; trustworthy; as, a confidential servant or clerk.
(a.) Communicated in confidence; secret.
Inputed by Harlow
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Private, not to be disclosed, not to be communicated.[2]. Trusty, faithful, to be trusted.
Edited by Cheryl
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Private, secret, trustworthy, intimate
ANT:Public, open, patent, official, treacherous, insidious
Checker: Sylvia
Examples
- His warm regard, his kind expressions, his confidential treatment, touched her strongly. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- You have reminded me, Sir, that this conversation was private--private and confidential, gentlemen. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- You see,' returned Mr Boffin, with a confidential sense of dignity, 'as to my literary man's duties, they're clear. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Then I'll tell you wot it is,' said Mr. Weller, after a short meditation, 'this is a case for that 'ere confidential pal o' the Chancellorship's. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- It may be advisable to superadd to the above, the statement that Mrs. Micawber is not in confidential possession of my intentions. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Dammy, George said to a confidential friend, she looked like a China doll, which has nothing to do all day but to grin and wag its head. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Lots of anecdote,' said the green-coated stranger of the day before, advancing to Mr. Winkle and speaking in a low and confidential tone. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Touching glasses together in drinking, preparatory to a confidential talk, has come to be nicknamed hob-nobbing because of the equipment incidental to that action years ago. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I have been largely employed in cases of family scandal, acting in the capacity of confidential man. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- No; the confidential friend, Miss Murdstone! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Long, long would it be ere Miss Crawford's name passed his lips again, or she could hope for a renewal of such confidential intercourse as had been. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Now, perhaps you may know me, ladies and gentlemen, says Mr. Bucket in a confidential voice. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Look here, T'otherest Governor,' replied the man, becoming hoarsely confidential. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- In a more confidential tone they will tell you that the ordinary citizen is a hopelessly private person. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He was most highly esteemed by Mr. Darcy, a most intimate, confidential friend. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- He became additionally solemn, and dignified, and confidential. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Miss Keeldar, in speaking to Mr. Moore, took a tone at once animated and dignified, confidential and self-respecting. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The more I made faces and gestures to him to do it, the more confidential, argumentative, and polite, he persisted in being to Me. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Both of these worthy gentlemen were most anxious to have news of the invalid from her little confidential messenger. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- We won't be confidential, and we'll make ourselves as happy as we can in spite of her, and we'll tease her, and not please her--won't we, Jip? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- There has been much to sadden me in our interview--my first confidential interview with her since her return. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He'd have been here before now, you may be sure, but that he's away on confidential business of your own. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I have a confidential little bird, said she, showing very pretty airs of her head over the bit of work held high between her active fingers. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Now, they say, said Haley, assuming a candid and confidential air, that this kind o' trade is hardening to the feelings; but I never found it so. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He termed her, in confidential dialogues with Mrs. Sympson, a truly superior person; peculiar, but very clever. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Then, getting no answer, he slipped his arm through his father's with a confidential pressure. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- We are in our private and personal capacities, and we have been engaged in a confidential transaction before to-day. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- In a moment his visitor is confidential with him in the hall, has shut the door, and stands with his hand upon the lock. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Light, he said, in that delightfully confidential tone which is so soothing to an invalid, is the first essential. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- She took her to her heart as a confidential friend--the post Margaret had always longed to fill, and had envied Dixon for being preferred to. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
Checker: Sylvia