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secretive

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secretive /ˈsiːkrətɪv/ adjective
secretive
/ˈsiːkrətɪv/
adjective
Learner's definition of SECRETIVE
[more secretive; most secretive]
: not letting people see or know what you are doing or thinking : tending to act in secret不外露的;惯于掩藏自己的;有城府的

— secretiveness

noun [noncount]
BNC: 11537 COCA: 11436

secretive

adjective

se·​cre·​tive ˈsē-krə-tiv How to pronounce secretive (audio)
si-ˈkrē-
: disposed to secrecy : not open or outgoing in speech, activity, or purposes
secretively adverb
secretiveness noun
Choose the Right Synonym for secretive

silent, taciturn, reticent, reserved, secretive mean showing restraint in speaking.

silent implies a habit of saying no more than is needed.

the strong, silent type

taciturn implies a temperamental disinclination to speech and usually connotes unsociability.

taciturn villagers

reticent implies a reluctance to speak out or at length, especially about one's own affairs.

was reticent about his plans

reserved implies reticence and suggests the restraining influence of caution or formality in checking easy informal conversational exchange.

greetings were brief, formal, and reserved

secretive, too, implies reticence but usually carries a suggestion of deviousness and lack of frankness or of an often ostentatious will to conceal.

the secretive research and development division

Example Sentences

He's very secretive about his work. the intelligence agency remained secretive despite the media's demands for more openness in government
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Word History

Etymology

back-formation from secretiveness, partial translation of French secrétivité

First Known Use

1835, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of secretive was in 1835
BNC: 11537 COCA: 11436
secretive

adjective

VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITION VERBSbe守口如瓶become變得不外露ADVERBextremely, fairly, very, etc.極為/頗為/非常守口如瓶highly諱莫如深his highly secretive nature他諱莫如深的本性notoriously出了名地少言寡語PREPOSITIONabout對⋯守口如瓶They were very secretive about their plans.他們對自己的計劃守口如瓶。

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