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Definition: Confidentially |
ConfidentiallyAdverb1. In a confidential manner; "spoke to him intimately and confidentially". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "confidentially" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Concealment | In confidence, in strict confidence, in strictest confidence; confidentially; Adjective: between ourselves, between you and me; between you and me and the bedpost; entre nous, inter nos, under the seal of secrecy; a couvert. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Confidentially |
| English words defined with "confidentially": confide ♦ Privileged communication, privily ♦ sub-rosa ♦ under-the-table ♦ verily. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "confidentially": Inter Nos. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Confidentially Connie (1953) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Tell me confidentially, Uncle, how do you do it?. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | The policeman leaned confidentially on the side of the car. |
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Economic History | Greece | All information transmitted to the government for the approval process is treated confidentially. (references) |
Singapore | The application process for such licenses effectively requires the submission of proprietary business data, although the data appears to be treated confidentially and is not disclosed to third parties. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Confidentially" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Confidentially" is used about 78 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 78 | 37,656 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "confidentially": confidentially speaking. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
confidentially yours | 4 |
confidentially | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "confidentially"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | në mirëbesim (bona fide, on trust), në fshehtësi (in strict confidence, privately, secretly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | سرا (in camera, in strict confidence, privately, secretly, stealthily, underground, underhandedly), بصور تنم عن ثقة بالمخاطب. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | поверително (in confidence, in private, privately, privily, under the rose), интимно (familiarly, informally, inly, intimately, nearly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 机要地. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | tajnì (by stealth, furtively, in camera, in secret, inly, secretly, underhand), dùvìrnì (familiarly, in private, under the rose). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | confidentiellement. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | im Vertrauen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εμπιστευτικώσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | bizalmasan (chummily, off the record, privately), bizalmaskodva. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 内密に (off the record, privately). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ないみつに (off the record, privately). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 은밀하게 (Clandestinely, Covertly, furtively, secretly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | dy treishteilagh (confidingly), dy folliaghtagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | onfidentiallycay confidencialmente (aside, privately). (various references) confidenţial (confidential, private, privately, secret), în mod confidenţial. (various references) конфиденциально, по секрету (in secret, under the rose). (various references) poverljivo (record: off the record, trustingly). (various references) confidencialmente. (various references) konfidentiellt (confidential). (various references) tereddüd etmeden (point blank, straight away, straight off, unhesitating, without hesitation), sır olarak, gizlice (by devious means, by stealth, clandestinely, furtively, in privacy, in private, in secret, on the quiet, on the sly, secretly, sub rosa, under the counter, under the rose, underground), güvenerek (in reliance on, in reliance upon, on trust). (various references) конфіденційно (between ourselves), по секрету. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Confidentially" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: confidentally. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "confidentially" (pronounced kÄ'nfude"nshulē or kÄ'nfude"nkhulē) |
| 6 | -e" n sh u l ē | essentially, exponentially, potentially. |
| 5 | -n sh u l ē | financially, provincially, substantially. |
| 4 | -sh u l ē | artificially, beneficially, commercially, impartially, initially, judicially, officially, partially, racially, socially, specially, unofficially. |
| 3 | -u l ē | abnormally, abysmally, accidentally, actually, additionally, agriculturally, anecdotally, anencephaly, angrily, annually, anomaly, arbitrarily, architecturally, artfully, bilaterally, blissfully, bodily, botanically, broccoli, brutally, busily, carefully, casually, centrally, cerebrally, cheerfully, chronically, Cicely, circumstantially, civilly, clinically, clumsily, coincidentally, comically, conceptually, conditionally, congressionally, conspiratorially, constitutionally, continentally, continually, contractually, contradictorily, conventionally, cordially, crazily, criminally, critically, culturally, customarily, cynically, delightfully, developmentally, diagonally, diametrically, digitally, dismally, diurnally, dorsally, dreadfully, dutifully, easily, editorially, educationally, eerily, electrically, electronically, emotionally, empirically, environmentally, equally, eternally, ethically, eventually, exceptionally, experimentally, externally, extraordinarily, facsimile, factually, faithfully, family, fanatically, fatally, federally, finally, fiscally, fitfully, florally, forcefully, formally, fractionally, frantically, frightfully, frugally, functionally, fundamentally, gainfully, generally, generationally, geographically, giggly, gleefully, globally, gloomily, governmentally, gracefully, gradually, gratefully, gravelly, gravitationally, greedily, habitually, handily, happily, hastily, haughtily, heartily, heavily, helpfully, hermetically, historically, homily, hopefully, horizontally, hungrily, icily, illegally, incidentally, incrementally, individually, industrially, informally, institutionally, intellectually, intentionally, internally, internationally, intrinsically, involuntarily, irrationally, jauntily, journalistically, joyfully, lawfully, lazily, legally, liberally, literally, locally, loyally, luckily, magically, magnetically, majestically, manfully, manually, marginally, masterfully, materially, mathematically, meaningfully, medicinally, mentally, mercifully, merrily, methodically, metrically, mightily, militarily, mineralogically, minimally, momentarily, monetarily, monopoly, monumentally, morally, mortally, multifamily, multilaterally, municipally, mutually, nasally, nationally, nattily, naturally, necessarily, noisily, nominally, normally, novelly, nutritionally, occasionally, oligopoly, operationally, optimistically, orally, orchestrally, ordinarily, originally, painfully, parenthetically, pathetically, peacefully, perennially, periodically, peripherally, perpetually, personally, phenomenally, philosophically, physically, pitifully, playfully, politically, pragmatically, preferentially, preliminarily, presidentially, primarily, procedurally, professionally, proportionally, provisionally, purposefully, quintessentially, radially, rationally, readily, regally, regionally, regretfully, respectfully, rightfully, ritualistically, romantically, royally, ruefully, sardonically, satisfactorily, scantily, scientifically, seasonally, secondarily, semiannually, sequentially, serenely, severally, sexually, skeptically, skillfully, sleepily, sloppily, speedily, spiritually, statistically, statutorily, steadily, steamily, structurally, subfamily, subliminally, subtly, successfully, summarily, supremely, surgically, symbolically, sympathetically, tactfully, tactically, tangentially, tastefully, tearfully, technically, technologically, temperamentally, temporally, temporarily, terminally, territorially, testily, thankfully, theatrically, theoretically, therapeutically, thoughtfully, totally, traditionally, Tripoli, truthfully, uncannily, unconditionally, unconstitutionally, uncritically, uneasily, unequivocally, unhappily, unilaterally, unintentionally, universally, unlawfully, unnaturally, unnecessarily, unsuccessfully, unusually, usefully, usually, virtually, viscerally, visually, vitally, vocally, voluntarily, warily, wearily, wiggly, wilfully, willfully, wishfully, wistfully, wittily, wobbly, woefully, wonderfully, wrongfully. |
| 8 | -u d e" n kh u l ē | presidentially. |
| 6 | -e" n kh u l ē | preferentially, quintessentially, sequentially, tangentially. |
| 5 | -n kh u l ē | circumstantially. |
| 3 | -u l ē | abnormally, abysmally, accidentally, actually, additionally, agriculturally, anecdotally, anencephaly, angrily, annually, anomaly, arbitrarily, architecturally, artfully, artificially, beneficially, bilaterally, blissfully, bodily, botanically, broccoli, brutally, busily, carefully, casually, centrally, cerebrally, cheerfully, chronically, Cicely, civilly, clinically, clumsily, coincidentally, comically, commercially, conceptually, conditionally, congressionally, conspiratorially, constitutionally, continentally, continually, contractually, contradictorily, conventionally, cordially, crazily, criminally, critically, culturally, customarily, cynically, delightfully, developmentally, diagonally, diametrically, digitally, dismally, diurnally, dorsally, dreadfully, dutifully, easily, editorially, educationally, eerily, electrically, electronically, emotionally, empirically, environmentally, equally, essentially, eternally, ethically, eventually, exceptionally, experimentally, exponentially, externally, extraordinarily, facsimile, factually, faithfully, family, fanatically, fatally, federally, finally, financially, fiscally, fitfully, florally, forcefully, formally, fractionally, frantically, frightfully, frugally, functionally, fundamentally, gainfully, generally, generationally, geographically, giggly, gleefully, globally, gloomily, governmentally, gracefully, gradually, gratefully, gravelly, gravitationally, greedily, habitually, handily, happily, hastily, haughtily, heartily, heavily, helpfully, hermetically, historically, homily, hopefully, horizontally, hungrily, icily, illegally, impartially, incidentally, incrementally, individually, industrially, informally, initially, institutionally, intellectually, intentionally, internally, internationally, intrinsically, involuntarily, irrationally, jauntily, journalistically, joyfully, judicially, lawfully, lazily, legally, liberally, literally, locally, loyally, luckily, magically, magnetically, majestically, manfully, manually, marginally, masterfully, materially, mathematically, meaningfully, medicinally, mentally, mercifully, merrily, methodically, metrically, mightily, militarily, mineralogically, minimally, momentarily, monetarily, monopoly, monumentally, morally, mortally, multifamily, multilaterally, municipally, mutually, nasally, nationally, nattily, naturally, necessarily, noisily, nominally, normally, novelly, nutritionally, occasionally, officially, oligopoly, operationally, optimistically, orally, orchestrally, ordinarily, originally, painfully, parenthetically, partially, pathetically, peacefully, perennially, periodically, peripherally, perpetually, personally, phenomenally, philosophically, physically, pitifully, playfully, politically, potentially, pragmatically, preliminarily, primarily, procedurally, professionally, proportionally, provincially, provisionally, purposefully, racially, radially, rationally, readily, regally, regionally, regretfully, respectfully, rightfully, ritualistically, romantically, royally, ruefully, sardonically, satisfactorily, scantily, scientifically, seasonally, secondarily, semiannually, serenely, severally, sexually, skeptically, skillfully, sleepily, sloppily, socially, specially, speedily, spiritually, statistically, statutorily, steadily, steamily, structurally, subfamily, subliminally, substantially, subtly, successfully, summarily, supremely, surgically, symbolically, sympathetically, tactfully, tactically, tastefully, tearfully, technically, technologically, temperamentally, temporally, temporarily, terminally, territorially, testily, thankfully, theatrically, theoretically, therapeutically, thoughtfully, totally, traditionally, Tripoli, truthfully, uncannily, unconditionally, unconstitutionally, uncritically, uneasily, unequivocally, unhappily, unilaterally, unintentionally, universally, unlawfully, unnaturally, unnecessarily, unofficially, unsuccessfully, unusually, usefully, usually, virtually, viscerally, visually, vitally, vocally, voluntarily, warily, wearily, wiggly, wilfully, willfully, wishfully, wistfully, wittily, wobbly, woefully, wonderfully, wrongfully. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-f-i-i-l-l-n-n-o-t-y" | |
-2 letters: confidential, incidentally, inflectional. | |
-3 letters: confidently, declination, dictionally, fictionally, identically. | |
-4 letters: centillion, confidante, idiolectal, incidental, indolently, inflection. | |
-5 letters: anciently, anticline, candlelit, celloidin, clintonia, clonidine, coalfield, coalified, confidant, confident, conflated, connately, contained, decillion, defiantly, deflation, defoliant, dictional, falconine, fellation, fictional, finically, flatlined, identical, incondite, infantile, infection, inflation, inflicted, lidocaine, lineality, lineation, ontically, tonically. | |
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