secretive
11secretive — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ become ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc. ▪ highly …
12secretive — adjective someone who is secretive likes to keep their thoughts, intentions or actions hidden from others: Everyone was very secretive about their earnings. secretively adverb secretiveness noun (U) …
13secretive — secretive1 secretively, adv. secretiveness, n. /see kri tiv, si kree /, adj. having or showing a disposition to secrecy; reticent: He seems secretive about his new job. [1425 75; late ME; back formation from secretiveness (itself modeled on F… …
14secretive — se|cre|tive [ sikrətıv, sı kritıv ] adjective deliberately not telling people things: She s very secretive about her past. ╾ se|cre|tive|ly adverb ╾ se|cre|tive|ness noun uncount …
15secretive — adjective I trusted you with this because you re the most secretive person I know Syn: uncommunicative, secret, unforthcoming, playing one s cards close to one s chest, reticent, reserved, silent, noncommunicative, quiet, tight lipped, buttoned… …
16secretive — UK [ˈsiːkrətɪv] / US [ˈsɪkrətɪv] adjective deliberately not telling people things She s very secretive about her past. Derived words: secretively adverb secretiveness noun uncountable …
17secretive — /ˈsikrətɪv / (say seekruhtiv) adjective 1. having or showing a disposition to secrecy; reticent: he seemed secretive about his new job. 2. secretory. –secretively, adverb –secretiveness, noun …
18Secretive Dwarf Squirrel — Taxobox name = Secretive Dwarf Squirrel status = VU | status system = IUCN2.3 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Rodentia familia = Sciuridae genus = Prosciurillus species = P. abstrusus binomial = Prosciurillus… …
19secretive — adjective Etymology: back formation from secretiveness, part translation of French secrétivité Date: 1835 disposed to secrecy ; not open or outgoing in speech, activity, or purposes Synonyms: see silent • secretively adverb • secretiveness noun …
20secretive — adjective Having an inclination to secrecy. Syn: furtive, sly …
