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Meanings of confidential tone in English

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Usage of confidential tone in English
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Here he stopped, and pursued the conversation in a more confidential tone.
The Deerslayer
2
Presently he turned and spoke to me in a low, confidential tone.
Frenzied Fiction
3
Babalatchi coughed again a little impatiently, and said in a confidential tone-
An Outcast of the Islands
4
Her rather stiff and formal voice took on a more confidential tone.
In Apple-Blossom Time: A Fairy-Tale to Date
5
And what had I gained by my attempt at a confidential tone?
Wanderers
6
He came towards Graham and spoke in an easy confidential tone.
The sleeper awakes
7
Sleat slouched forward, leaning on the table and speaking in a confidential tone.
The Wise Man’s Fear
8
The man stepped nearer and answered in a low, confidential tone:
A Man for the Ages: A Story of the Builders of Democracy
9
There she drew the milliner aside, and said, in a low confidential tone.
Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper
10
Then turning to me, and speaking in a low confidential tone, he said:
The Monctons: A Novel. Volume 1 (of 2)
11
After a few minutes he resumed in a more confidential tone-
The Prairie Chief
12
When she had gone Dr. Veiga went on, in a more confidential tone:
Mr. Prohack
13
Gullik leaned down and spoke to Dougal in a confidential tone.
Guild wars: ghosts of ascalon
14
Then he lowered his voice and adopted a more confidential tone.
Another life altogether: a novel
15
There was something in his confidential tone that made Sarah suspicious.
Labyrinth
16
Queer sensation this, of being glad of a policeman's confidential tone!
Five Tales
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Confidential tone through the time
Confidential tone across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common