secretive Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information
    close; tightlipped; closelipped; closemouthed.
    • although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it

WordNet


Se*cret"ive adjective
Definitions
  1. Tending to secrete, or to keep secret or private; as, a secretive disposition.

Webster 1913