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secretive (adjective), more secretive, most secretive
1. Characteristic of being unwilling to reveal information: Little Jimmy was being very quiet and secretive in his room while he was drawing a nice picture for his mother as a surprise birthday present.
2. A reference to having or marked by an inclination of not being open, forthright, or frank: When Celia asked her teenage daughter where she got the expensive make-up, she was very secretive about it, not wanting her mother to know that she had actually stolen it from a department store.
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2. A reference to having or marked by an inclination of not being open, forthright, or frank: When Celia asked her teenage daughter where she got the expensive make-up, she was very secretive about it, not wanting her mother to know that she had actually stolen it from a department store.
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cern-, cert-, cer-; cret-, creet-, cre-
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“secretive”
A reference to something that is going on, or being planned, and not letting others know about it. (1)
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