secretive
adjective
se·cre·tive
ˈsē-krə-tiv 
si-ˈkrē-
: disposed to secrecy : not open or outgoing in speech, activity, or purposes
secretively
adverb
secretiveness
noun
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He's very secretive about his work.
the intelligence agency remained secretive despite the media's demands for more openness in government
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Listen to this article GAINESVILLE — In secretive hearings, the University of Florida set aside recommendations to lightly punish some of the college students arrested after pro-Palestinian protests on campus and kicked them all out of school for three to four years.
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Vivienne Serret, Sun Sentinel, 9 July 2024
And Towne’s secretive writing collaborations with former roommate and lifelong friend Edward Taylor, revealed at length in Wasson’s book, remain to be clarified.
—Ty Burr, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
Groupe Amaury is privately held, and secretive about its finances, but Bloomberg reported earlier this month that its 2023 revenue was about $640 million (€588 million).
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 30 June 2024
There is a valid reason for this nosiness, however, as Mercury in your outgoing 11th house makes a combustible square with Chiron in your secretive 8th house.
—Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 28 June 2024
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Vivienne Serret, Sun Sentinel, 9 July 2024
And Towne’s secretive writing collaborations with former roommate and lifelong friend Edward Taylor, revealed at length in Wasson’s book, remain to be clarified.
—Ty Burr, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
Groupe Amaury is privately held, and secretive about its finances, but Bloomberg reported earlier this month that its 2023 revenue was about $640 million (€588 million).
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 30 June 2024
There is a valid reason for this nosiness, however, as Mercury in your outgoing 11th house makes a combustible square with Chiron in your secretive 8th house.
—Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 28 June 2024
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secretive
adjective
se·cre·tive
ˈsē-krət-iv
si-ˈkrēt-
: having a tendency toward secrecy and concealment : not frank or open
secretively
adverb
secretiveness
noun
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