- secretively adv
- "I won't tell you anything about my salivary glands," said Tom secretively.
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secretively adv
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secretively — adv. reticently, with a tendency to keep secrets, stealthily … English contemporary dictionary
secretory adj — secretively adv … English expressions
secretive — [[t]si͟ːkrətɪv, sɪkri͟ːt [/t]] ADJ GRADED: oft ADJ about n 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… … English dictionary
quasi-secretive — adj.; quasi secretively, adv. * * * … Universalium
secretive — secretive1 secretively, adv. secretiveness, n. /see kri tiv, si kree /, adj. having or showing a disposition to secrecy; reticent: He seems secretive about his new job. [1425 75; late ME; back formation from secretiveness (itself modeled on F… … Universalium
secretive — se|cre|tive [ˈsi:krıtıv, sıˈkri:tıv] adj a secretive person or organization likes to keep their thoughts, intentions, or actions hidden from others ▪ The government has been accused of being secretive and undemocratic. secretive about ▪ Carla was … Dictionary of contemporary English
secretive — [sē′krə tiv; ] occas., and for 2 always [, si krēt′iv] adj. [ SECRET + IVE] 1. tending to conceal one s thoughts, feelings, affairs, etc. from others; reticent; not frank or open 2. SECRETORY secretively adv. secretiveness n … English World dictionary
secretive — adj. inclined to make or keep secrets; uncommunicative. Derivatives: secretively adv. secretiveness n. Etymology: back form. f. secretiveness after F secreacutetiviteacute (as SECRET) … Useful english dictionary
quasi-secretive — adj.; quasi secretively, adv … Useful english dictionary
slyly — adv. cunningly, craftily, guilefully; stealthily, secretively; mischievously, playfully … English contemporary dictionary
