confidential
/ˌkɔn.fɪˈdɛn.ʃəl/ adjective C1- Kept, or meant to be kept, secret within a certain circle of persons; not intended to be known publicly. · The newspaper claims a leaked confidential report by the government admits to problems with corrupt MPs.
- Inclined to share confidences; (of things) making people inclined to share confidences; involving the sharing of confidences. · Sitting in front of the fire, they became quite confidential, and began to gossip.
- Having someone's confidence or trust; having a position requiring trust; worthy of being trusted with confidences. · a confidential agent· a confidential servant
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Pitcher, confidential clerk in the office of Harvey Maxwell, broker, allowed a look of mild interest and surprise to visit his usually expressionless countenance when his employer briskly entered at half past nine in company with his young lady stenographer.
Pitcher,” she said to the confidential clerk, “did Mr.
Darcy, a most intimate, confidential friend.
The plans, which are exceedingly intricate, comprising some thirty separate patents, each essential to the working of the whole, are kept in an elaborate safe in a confidential office adjoining the arsenal, with burglar-proof doors and windows.
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