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in strict confidence

ADVERB

huggermugger

Synonyms

WEAK

behind closed doors behind someone's back by stealth clandestinely confidentially covertly furtively hush-hush in camera in confidence in holes and corners in secret insidiously intimately o obscurely on the Q.T.

ADVERB

secretly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

clandestinely covertly furtively personally privately quietly stealthily surreptitiously

WEAK

behind closed doors behind someone's back by stealth confidentially hush-hush in camera in confidence in holes and corners in secret insidiously intimately obscurely on the Q.T. on the quiet on the sly privily slyly sub-rosa under the table underhandedly unobserved

Antonyms

STRONGEST

publicly

WEAK

openly

Example Sentences

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Finally, Campbell was told in strict confidence: it was a hand dryer.

From The Guardian • Apr. 25, 2019

My Syrian businessman friend told me that he twice gathered about a dozen people for dinner and offered them a hypothetical in strict confidence.

From New York Times • May 24, 2017

He said that the queen was someone with whom premiers could talk freely and be reassured that the conversation would be kept in strict confidence.

From Washington Post • Jul. 13, 2016

In a statement, the inquiry said "it had worked in strict confidence in the course of drafting its report" and reiterated the longstanding position "that it would not give a running commentary on its work".

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2015

“Anything you say or do in here is kept in strict confidence, unless you want me to share it.”

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

in strict confidence

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