Synonyms for secretiveness

Grammar : Noun

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

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsi krɪ tɪv, sɪˈkri-

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Définition of secretiveness

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.

noun secrecy

Example sentences :

His secretiveness only makes me like him the more, probably because I myself am so garrulous.
Extract from : « The Heart of Thunder Mountain » by Edfrid A. Bingham

I know and am heartily in sympathy with the reason for her secretiveness.
Extract from : « The Crevice » by William John Burns and Isabel Ostrander

Reticence and secretiveness are excellent things in their way; but this too may be overdone.
Extract from : « My New Curate » by P.A. Sheehan

The indifference of other people is a false term for the secretiveness of oneself.
Extract from : « Michael » by E. F. Benson

Such is the depth and secretiveness of children, whom we call transparent.
Extract from : « The Invader » by Margaret L. Woods

Under her Tuscan volubility there was also the Tuscan secretiveness.
Extract from : « A Rainy June and Other Stories » by Ouida

His secretiveness and love of solitude clung to him to the last.
Extract from : « Turner » by William Cosmo Monkhouse

At all events, the degree of his secretiveness is extraordinary.
Extract from : « Turner » by William Cosmo Monkhouse

There has always been an air of mystery and secretiveness about him.
Extract from : « The Secret Service Submarine » by Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull

Then have you noticed in me much such 'secretiveness and reserve'?
Extract from : « Fathers and Sons » by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

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