Revision C

2022-01-25

ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – C - confidently & confidentially

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Dictionary.com:

ออกเสียง confidential = “kon-fi-DEN-shuhl”

 

Dictionary of Problem Words and Expressions:

confidently & confidentially

Confidently means “with assurance, certainty, confidence”: 

“Joe acted confidently, but his speech was halting.”

 

Confidentially means “in secret,” “intimately,” “in confidence”: 

“The postman told meconfidentially that the letter has been destroyed.”

 

Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree:

Confidently = with assurance, with certainty, boldly:

I can say confidently that they are having an affair.

Not to be confused with:

Confidentially = privately, intimately, secretly:

          Confidentially, I believe they are having an affair.

 

Dictionary.com:

OTHER WORDS FROM CONFIDENTIAL

con·fi·den·ti·al·i·ty, noun

 con·fi·den·tial·ness, noun

con·fi·den·tial·ly, adverb

non·con·fi·den·tial, adjective

non·con·fi·den·tial·ly, adverb

DERIVED FORMS OF CONFIDENTIAL

confidentiality or confidentialness, noun

confidentially, adverb