the level of official classification for documents next above restricted and below secret; available only to persons authorized to see documents so classified
denoting confidence or intimacy; "a confidential approach"; "in confidential tone of voice"
(of information) given in confidence or in secret; "this arrangement must be kept confidential"; "their secret communications"
entrusted with private information and the confidence of another; "a confidential secretary"
lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture; "this benighted country"; "benighted ages of barbarism and superstition"; "the dark ages"; "a dark age in the history of education"
overtaken by night or darkness; "benighted (or nighted) travelers hurrying toward home"
in a close relation or position in time or space; "the onsets were closely timed"; "houses set closely together"; "was closely involved in monitoring daily progress"
in a close manner; "the two phenomena are intimately connected"; "the person most nearly concerned"