secretiveness
see kruh tiv nuhs
- n characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes)
- n the trait of keeping things secret
- Is it the secretiveness and the covertness? Yeah, all of that stuff.
- British and Norwegian rescuers who rushed to the aid of the Kursk sailors after the sinking complained of Russian confusion, secretiveness and suspicion.
- What with security regulations, censorship and personal secretiveness, the only way I can find out anything these days is by peeping.