Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - secretive
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Secretive
secretive
If you are secretive, you like to have secrets and to keep your knowledge, feelings, or intentions hidden. Billionaires are usually fairly secretive about the exact amount that they’re worth. ADJ: oft ADJ about n • secretively ...a banknote handed over secretively in the entrance to a building. ADV: ADV after v • secretiveness He was evasive, to the point of secretiveness. N-UNCOUNT
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1.
adjective Etymology: back-formation from ~ness, part translation of French secretivite Date: 1835 disposed to secrecy ; not open or outgoing in speech, activity, or purposes Synonyms: see silent • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. inclined to make or keep secrets; uncommunicative. Derivatives secretively adv. secretiveness n. Etymology: back-form. f. secretiveness after F secr{eacute}tivit{eacute} (as SECRET) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
1. скрытный, замкнутый a shy, secretive girl —- застенчивая и замкнутая девушка he is secretive about his plans —- он ни с кем не делится своими планами to be secretive about a matter —- не говорить ни слова (умалчивать) о каком-л. деле don't be so secretive! —- не скрытничай, пожалуйста! ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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5.
~ adj someone who is secretive likes to keep their thoughts, intentions or actions hidden from others (Everyone was very secretive about their earnings.) - secretively adv - secretiveness n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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