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Confidential

adjective

Entrusted with private information and the confidence of another.

(of information) given in confidence or in secret. Synonym: secret. "Their secret communications"

Denoting confidence or intimacy. "In confidential tone of voice"

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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"Confidential" Quotes from Famous Books

... Mawm Mason had lef' a lookin'-glass behin', so's I could see how I look. My! wouldn't she whack me if she seen me with this bonnet on!" The child smiled broadly as she continued her confidential address to the other valueless things left behind. "I allays knowed she warn't my own mother, an' I'm glad Pete nor Matty aint my own brother nor sister neither. I'd like him to see me ...

— The Making of Mary • Jean Forsyth

... had come to the end of the walk, and have turned the corner. Before them lies a small grass plot surrounded by evergreens, a cosy nook not to be suspected by any one until quite close upon it. It bursts upon the casual pedestrian, indeed, as a charming surprise. There is something warm, friendly, confidential about it—something safe. Beyond lies the gloomy wood, embedded in night, but here the moonbeams play. Some one with a thoughtful care for loving souls has placed in this excellent spot for flirtation a comfortable garden ...

— April's Lady - A Novel • Margaret Wolfe Hungerford

... the astonished envoys asked to have these proposals put in writing. Mr. X not only complied with this request, but brought with him Mr. Y, a confidential friend of Talleyrand, who repeated the terms upon which the envoys would be received, and pointed out convenient means by which the money could ...

— Union and Democracy • Allen Johnson

... in the Directory," Field went on. "I am sure you would not put us to the trouble of looking them all up, sir. Tell me all you know. Anything that you may say will be treated as confidential." ...

— The Slave of Silence • Fred M. White

... exchange a few confidential words with her mother, and Audrey stepped out on the terrace. As she did so, she was surprised to see Michael sitting just outside the drawing-room window. He had evidently been ...

— Lover or Friend • Rosa Nouchette Carey

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