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secretiveness

secretiveness noun: the state or characteristic of being secretive.

Noun

secretiveness (uncountable)

  1. The state or characteristic of being secretive.
    • For a moment he was torn between the secretiveness bred of his position and a human desire to expound his shrewdness.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC

Origin of secretiveness

From secretive + -ness.

Words formed from secretiveness

  • organ of secretiveness

Questions about secretiveness

What does secretiveness mean?
Secretiveness means the state or characteristic of being secretive.
What part of speech is secretiveness?
Secretiveness is a noun.

Words near secretiveness in the dictionary

  1. secretist
  2. secretists
  3. secretitious
  4. secretive
  5. secretively
  6. secretiveness
  7. secretly
  8. secretmonger
  9. secretmongers
  10. secretness
  11. secretogen

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