secretiveness Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes)
    closeness.
  2. noun the trait of keeping things secret
    silence; secrecy.

WordNet


Se*cret"ive*ness noun
Definitions
  1. The quality of being secretive; disposition or tendency to conceal.
  2. (Phren.) The faculty or propensity which impels to reserve, secrecy, or concealment.

Webster 1913