as in privately
in a manner intended to prevent knowledge or awareness by others
he was furious when his friend revealed to others information that he had shared confidentially
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Recent Examples of confidentially
So these cases are almost always settled confidentially.
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Stayton Bonner, Robb Report, 24 Aug. 2025
Tips can be made to the Arson Watch Reward Program confidentially and anonymously, fire officials said.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
Shein, which sources a significant amount of its goods from China, confidentially filed for an initial public offering in Hong Kong last month, according to a Financial Times report.
—Dylan Butts, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2025
The surge in business helped pave the way for the company to confidentially file for an IPO in July.
—Julie Goldenberg, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
The cases for the girls will proceed confidentially through the county’s juvenile court.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2025
Stayton Bonner, Robb Report, 24 Aug. 2025
Tips can be made to the Arson Watch Reward Program confidentially and anonymously, fire officials said.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
Shein, which sources a significant amount of its goods from China, confidentially filed for an initial public offering in Hong Kong last month, according to a Financial Times report.
—Dylan Butts, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2025
The surge in business helped pave the way for the company to confidentially file for an IPO in July.
—Julie Goldenberg, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
The cases for the girls will proceed confidentially through the county’s juvenile court.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confidentially
Adverb
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The play-calling coach and young quarterback met privately for an hour each week.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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In professional settings, this may look like a team publicly agreeing to a course of action, but privately listing all of the roadblocks in the way of success.—
Lindsay Phillips,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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For the next two decades, the unlikely duo secretly sleuthed together on an array of front-page crimes happening in real time — missing Yale student Annie Le; newlywed George Smith murdered on a cruise ship; missing 5-year-old Noah Thomas, who disappeared in a rural town in Appalachian Virginia.—
Natasha Stoynoff,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Over the course of the season, Dexter reunites with Harrison in New York City and inadvertently finds his way into the company of other infamous serial killers secretly assembled for meetings at the estate of billionaire philanthropist Leon Prater (Peter Dinklage).—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Confidentially.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confidentially. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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