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secretiveness

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se·cre·tive  (skr-tv, s-krtv)
adj.
Having or marked by an inclination to secrecy; not open, forthright, or frank. See Synonyms at silent.
secre·tive·ly adv.
secre·tive·ness n.
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Noun1.secretiveness - characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes)
closeness
unsociability, unsociableness - an unsociable disposition; avoiding friendship or companionship
furtiveness, sneakiness, stealthiness - a disposition to be sly and stealthy and to do things surreptitiously
2.secretiveness - the trait of keeping things secret
secrecy, silence
uncommunicativeness - the trait of being uncommunicative
mum - secrecy; "mum's the word"
Translations
secretiveness
n (= character trait) → Verschlossenheit f; (= secretive behaviour) → Geheimnistuerei f; the secretiveness of his smile/behaviour → sein geheimnisvolles Lächeln/Benehmen


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This trick did not suggest duplicity or secretiveness, but merely long habit, as with the horse.
My Antonia by Cather, Willa View in context
In fine, this particular exploit entirely justified itself in my eyes, in spite of the superfluous (but invariable) secretiveness which I could seldom help resenting in my heart I never thought less of it than in the present instance; and my one mild reproach was on the subject of the phantom Crawshay.
A Thief in the Night by Hornung, E. W. View in context
He had the instinctive secretiveness of the inveterate criminal.
The Amateur Cracksman by Hornung, E. W. View in context
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