confiding

adjective

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Pronunciation: /kənˈfaɪdɪŋ/

Etymology: By surface analysis, confide + -ing.

Having or showing confidence or trust in another person.
“Effingham was by nature indolent, confiding, and, at times, impetuous and indiscreet; but Marmaduke was uniformly equable, penetrating, and full of activity and enterprise.”
“Those eyes especially struck Eugene, and when he thought of Liza he always saw those clear, mild, confiding eyes.”
In confidence; as if with trust.
“Sir, they must surely entertain a higher opinion of the credulity of this house, than -- even their recent experience can justify, if they think that their confiding talent will be carried to this length.”
“It might be sufficient, perhaps, to refer only to that trait of frank, confiding generosity, which could overlook all injuries and embrace even former enemies as friends ; as in the case of Saul above referred to ;”
Of a bird, allowing the close approach of humans.

Etymology: By surface analysis, confide + -ing.

The telling of something in confidence.
“We see Washington by the fireside, upon the farm, amid the interchanges of friendship and ordinary confidings, and as a citizen, as well as in the sphere of military contest, in the senate, or as a diplomatist[…]”

Etymology: By surface analysis, confide + -ing.