confiding
adjective
trustful; credulous or unsuspicious.
confidingly
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a word derived from
confiding.
Example Sentences
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In the audiobook recording of this surprising and intricate story, Ms. Entwistle’s words come across as those of a small person who is confidingly self-aware.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
Facebook Twitter Pinterest Watch the trailer for Penny Dreadful, season three One day, Green whispers to me confidingly in husky, French-tinged, but nearly over-articulated English, she was in her trailer in Ireland.
From The Guardian ● May 3, 2016
“I spent so many years being unhappy,” he said, confidingly, early in his first set at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola on Wednesday night.
From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 2015
“Bertone is un uomo di potere”—a man of power—“but he is honest,” a member of his entourage told me confidingly.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 14, 2015
“Although I only eat like this when you come over,” he says confidingly.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
