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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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7 words match “CONFIDENTIALLY”

CONFIDENTIALLY adv.
In confidence; in reliance on secrecy.
BUZZ v.
To talk to incessantly or confidentially in a low humming voice. [Colloq.]
COLLOGUE v.
To talk or confer secretly and confidentially; to converse, especially with evil intentions; to plot mischief. [Archaic or Colloq.] Pray go in; and, sister, salve the matter, Collogue with her again, and all shall be well. Greene. He had been colloguing with my wife. Thackeray.
LISP v.
To speak with reserve or concealment; to utter timidly or confidentially; as, to lisp treason.
PRIVILEGED a.
e party making it to indictment for libel, -- such as those made by persons communicating confidentially with a government, persons consulted confidentially as to the character of servants, etc. -- Privileged debts (Law), those to which a preference in payment is given out of the estate of a deceased person, or out of…
TETE-A-TETE adv.
Face to face; privately or confidentially; familiarly. Prior.
WHISPER v.
tter in a low and nonvocal tone; to say under the breath; hence, to mention privately and confidentially, or in a whisper. They might buzz and whisper it one to another. Bentley.