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secretiveness
se·cre·tive S0207000 (sē′krĭ-tĭv, sĭ-krē′tĭv)adj.1. a. Having a tendency to keep one's thoughts or activities unknown to others: a secretive neighbor; secretive spy agencies.b. Characterized by or done in secrecy: a secretive meeting; a secretive act.2. Suggestive of the keeping of secrets: a secretive look; a secretive whisper.3. Tending to remain concealed. Used of animals.
se′cre·tive·ly adv.se′cre·tive·ness n.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | secretiveness - characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes)closenessunsociability, unsociableness - an unsociable disposition; avoiding friendship or companionshipfurtiveness, sneakiness, stealthiness - a disposition to be sly and stealthy and to do things surreptitiously | | 2. | secretiveness - the trait of keeping things secretsecrecy, silenceuncommunicativeness - the trait of being uncommunicativemum - secrecy; "mum's the word" |
secretivenessnounThe habit, practice, or policy of keeping secrets:clandestineness, clandestinity, concealment, covertness, huggermugger, huggermuggery, secrecy, secretness.Translationssecret (ˈsiːkrit) adjective hidden from, unknown to, or not told to, other people. a secret agreement; He kept his illness secret from everybody. 秘密的 秘密的 noun1. something which is, or must be kept, secret. The date of their marriage is a secret; industrial secrets. 秘密 秘密2. a hidden explanation. I wish I knew the secret of her success. 秘訣 秘诀ˈsecrecy noun the state of being or the act of keeping secret. 秘密狀態，保密 秘密，保密 ˈsecretive (-tiv) adjective inclined to conceal one's activities, thoughts etc. secretive behaviour. 遮遮掩掩的 遮遮掩掩的，偷偷摸摸的 ˈsecretively adverb 遮遮掩掩地 遮遮掩掩地ˈsecretiveness noun 遮掩 遮掩ˈsecretly adverb in such a way that others do not know, see etc. He secretly copied the numbers down in his notebook. 秘密地 秘密地secret agent a spy. 特務 特务secret police a police force whose activities are kept secret and which is concerned mostly with political crimes. 秘密警察 秘密警察in secret secretly. This must all be done in secret. 暗地裡 暗地里keep a secret not to tell (something secret) to anyone else. You can't trust her to keep a secret. 保密 保密EncyclopediaSeesecretLegalSeeSecretsecretiveness
Synonyms for secretivenessnoun the habit, practice, or policy of keeping secretsSynonyms- clandestineness
- clandestinity
- concealment
- covertness
- huggermugger
- huggermuggery
- secrecy
- secretness
Synonyms for secretivenessnoun characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes)SynonymsRelated Words- unsociability
- unsociableness
- furtiveness
- sneakiness
- stealthiness
noun the trait of keeping things secretSynonymsRelated Words |