Secretive
['siːkrɪtɪv] or ['sɪkrətɪv]
Definition
(a.) Tending to secrete, or to keep secret or private; as, a secretive disposition.
Editor: Louise
Examples
- The Prince ceased to be a single and secretive Machiavellian schemer, and became merely the crowned symbol of a Machiavellian scheme. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He has had the reputation of being a man of eccentric habits, secretive and retiring. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- So secretive and active and anxious the young woman seemed, so reluctant, slinking, the young man. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Some secretive lover, beyond all doubt. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Hindered by political conditions, the process becomes secretive and morbid. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Women are naturally secretive, and they like to do their own secreting. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
Editor: Louise