Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

confidentially

/kˌɑnfədˈɛnʃəli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.61 in modern English

Syllables: con-fi-den-tial-ly
IPA: /kˌɑnfədˈɛnʃəli/

23

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a confidential manner.

adv

Spoken of in a private manner.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"He leant towards her confidentially, "He was thrown out of Rome, see?""

Etymology

Etymology tree English confidential Middle English -ly English -ly English confidentially From confidential + -ly.

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

more confidentially (comparative) most confidentially (superlative)

Synonyms

in confidence

Rhymes With

essentially potentially exponentially sequentially preferentially quintessentially tangentially presidentially

Questions

How do you pronounce confidentially?: The recorded pronunciation is /kˌɑnfədˈɛnʃəli/.
What does confidentially mean?: In a confidential manner.
Where does confidentially come from?: Etymology tree English confidential Middle English -ly English -ly English confidentially From confidential + -ly.

How to pronounce confidentially

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