Synonyms for secretive

Grammar : Adj

Spell : see-kri-tiv, si-kree-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsi krɪ tɪv, sɪˈkri-

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Définition of secretive

Origin : "inclined to secrecy," 1815 (implied in secretiveness); see secret (n.) + -ive. The word also was in Middle English with a sense "secret, hidden" (mid-15c.). Related: Secretively.

adj uncommunicative

Example sentences :

He was not a reserved man, but a secretive, which is quite a different thing.
Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman

It was, he supposed, a woman's way to be secretive in such matters, and he must not blame her.
Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini

The soul of hospitality leaped from his face, stern and secretive though it was.
Extract from : « St. Cuthbert's » by Robert E. Knowles

His opponent, still with his secretive smile, took up the caster.
Extract from : « In Kings' Byways » by Stanley J. Weyman

"I think I inherited most of his secretive qualities," Shirley continued.
Extract from : « David Lannarck, Midget » by George S. Harney

She has a taste for mystery and intrigue, but she is not secretive, she has too much vanity.
Extract from : « Floyd Grandon's Honor » by Amanda Minnie Douglas

He is, I understand, of a very retiring and secretive disposition.
Extract from : « The Prophet of Berkeley Square » by Robert Hichens

Evidently the passenger was of an economical as well as of a secretive disposition.
Extract from : « Simon » by J. Storer Clouston

He could not help but wonder what the business was, and why Dave was so secretive about it.
Extract from : « Dave Porter and His Rivals » by Edward Stratemeyer

You're a secretive animal, Dickie, and you consume your own smoke, don't you?
Extract from : « The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition » by Rudyard Kipling

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