1 meant to be kept secret and not told to or shared with other people:
confidential information / documents * Your medical records are strictly confidential (= completely secret).
2 (of a way of speaking) showing that what you are saying is private or secret:
He spoke in a confidential tone, his voice low.
3 [onlybeforenoun] trusted with private or secret information:
a confidential secretary
confidentially adverb:
She told me confidentially that she is going to retire early. * He leaned forward confidentially over the desk towards me.
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