eyes-only

6 9.3

A document that only the person who receives it may read

adjective

Formal

: solo para tus ojos

This document is for your eyes-only, so please keep it confidential.

So it says as as you pointed out, Ryan, it says top secret magic eyes only on the top like it's stamped on.

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Examples

That's an eyes only message for the General.

Wavelength (1983)
An eyes-only message from Pearl.

Midway (2019)
But this is eyes only.

Smokin' Aces (2006)
So I write it for my eyes only, so be it.

Blog text (33)
What you translate is for my eyes only.

Sphere (1998)
This summary is for your eyes only, and it's dynamic.

Academic text (2011)
The scribe says it is for the Queen's eyes only.

One Night with the King (2006)
For your eyes only.

The Fly II (1989)
And then there are some details that will remain for certain customers' eyes only forever, to ward off cyber-terrorist abuses.

Blog text (1)
In the analytical part of the message for Kissinger's eyes only, Nixon perceptively argued that the coming end of the war was a unique time to achieve a settlement.

Academic text (1990)

Synonyms

confidential

vseyes-only

205 5.3

Not shared with others because it should be secret

is restricted to a single named recipient rather than a broader private audience

How Confidential

top secret

Formal

55 4.2

secret

∞ 1.0

eyes-only

Formal

6 9.3

confidential

205 5.3

restricted

18 3.9

internal

440 3.4

public

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

eyes-only positive

Morphology

eyes-only = eyes + only (transparent) = eyes + only

The label is a direct compound of 'eyes' + 'only' whose meaning 'for the eyes only' is inferable as 'restricted/confidential'.

Etymology

Eyes-only comes from the phrase 'for your eyes only', which means 'just the person it is sent to'. So an eyes-only document is confidential and only the named reader should read it.