[
US
/ˌkɑnfəˈdɛnʃəɫ/
]
[ UK /kˌɒnfɪdˈɛnʃəl/ ]
[ UK /kˌɒnfɪdˈɛnʃəl/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- the level of official classification for documents next above restricted and below secret; available only to persons authorized to see documents so classified
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denoting confidence or intimacy
in confidential tone of voice
a confidential approach -
(of information) given in confidence or in secret
their secret communications
this arrangement must be kept confidential -
entrusted with private information and the confidence of another
a confidential secretary
How To Use confidential In A Sentence
- The fact is," confidentially, "I may not look it but I am a good deal of a tenderfoot. The Dude Wrangler
- Faceless, unqualified reviewers define our work, remove our colleagues from panels and routinely breach confidentiality.
- The fifth position went to a phishing activity, in which a university hacker stole Internet users' personal information by luring them to provide confidential data on disguised Web sites.
- Informants give you information in the public interest and say that their career, liberty or life depend on keeping their name confidential. Public interest should trump self-interest | Nick Cohen
- All information will be treated as confidential.
- We have certain reasons for our decision, which have to remain confidential.
- This communication is confidential.
- BERLIN—On a chilly October evening in her austere chancellery, Angela Merkel placed a confidential call to Rome to help save the euro. Deepening Crisis Over Euro Pits Leader Against Leader
- Software of chip makers is not like firefox in a way that you just use it, but these software contains confidential parameters of the chips such as capacitance, voltage, design of the pins, package, heat flow, ... EDA tools on Fedora
- The tech giant will trawl anonymous confidential data to spot people at risk of kidney disease, blood poisoning and organ failure. The Sun