adv. [f. as prec. + -LY2.]
† 1. = CONFIDENTLY. Obs. rare–1.
1680. Savile Corr. (Camd.), 151. That it can be of no use I dare confidentially affirm.
2. In a confidential manner, tone, etc.
a. 1834. Lamb, Lett. to Coleridge (L.). He will give the authorship of sundry anonymous compositions; confidentially and with full faith on his own part.
1843. Dickens, Lett., I. 86. I write to you, confidentially, in answer to your note.
