secretive
adjective/ˈsiːkrətɪv/
/ˈsiːkrətɪv/
- secretive (about something) tending or liking to hide your thoughts, feelings, actions, etc. from other people
- He's very secretive about his work.
- The child became secretive and withdrawn.
- his highly secretive nature
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- become
- extremely
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Word Originmid 19th cent.: back-formation from secretiveness, suggested by French secrétivité, from secret ‘secret’.Definitions on the go
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