Antonyms for secretiveness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : see-kri-tiv, si-kree- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsi krɪ tɪv, sɪˈkri- |
Definition 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
- 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
Synonyms for secretiveness
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