All 3 Uses of
confide
in
Severance
- He lowered his voice confidingly, in a way that reminded me of his brother.†
p. 75.5
- Balthasar lowered his voice to confiding tones and told me about his daughter, how he was constantly pressing her to learn English.†
p. 87.3 *confiding = placing trust (in someone) by talking about private things
- My mother's two younger, slimmer sisters, mischievously confiding in each other.†
p. 140.4
Definitions:
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(1)
(confide) to place trust (in someone) by talking about private things or telling secrets
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, confide can mean to give trust to someone while giving them something important--such as a responsibility or a valuable item. For example, "I confided the job to her care."