secretiveness

[see-kri-tiv, si-kree-]

se·cre·tive

1[see-kri-tiv, si-kree-]
adjective
having or showing a disposition to secrecy; reticent: He seems secretive about his new job.

Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English; back formation from secretiveness (itself modeled on French secrétivité). See secret, -ive

se·cre·tive·ly, adverb
se·cre·tive·ness, noun


secret, close.

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a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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secretive (ˈsiːkrɪtɪv, sɪˈkriːtɪv)
 
adj
1.  inclined to secrecy; reticent
2.  another word for secretory
 
'secretively
 
adv
 
'secretiveness
 
n

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