Secretive Definition

sēkrĭ-tĭv, sĭ-krētĭv
adjective
Tending to conceal one's thoughts, feelings, affairs, etc. from others; reticent; not frank or open.
Webster's New World

Secretory.

Webster's New World
Characterized by or done in secrecy.
A secretive meeting; a secretive act.
American Heritage
Suggestive of the keeping of secrets.
A secretive look; a secretive whisper.
American Heritage
Tending to remain concealed. Used of animals.
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Secretive Sentence Examples

  • His mother must have been secretive as well.

  • I'm not all that secretive, but you were the one who kept telling me that if he wanted you to know, he'd tell you.

  • Alex was secretive and he did like to be in control.

  • He could only steer them towards the Underground Railroad, the secretive systems of bunkers and tunnels running beneath major cities that were developed by the PMF during the ten-year war.

  • He's always been secretive, and whenever I ask him, he just tells me it's something I don't want to be involved in.

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