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発音

• IPA: /ˈsiːkɹɪtɪv/
• (weak vowel merger) IPA: /ˈsiːkɹətɪv/

形容詞

secretive (comparative more secretive, superlative most secretive)

1. Having an inclination to secrecy.

   She's a secretive girl, not giving away much about her life.

   Why are you acting all secretive? What are you hiding?

   • 1987, Christina Hardyment, “Picking up Gold and Silver”, in Heidi’s Alp: One Family’s Search for Storybook Europe, Book Club edition, New York, N.Y.: The Atlantic Monthly Press, →OCLC, page 100:

     Sitting back on a bench in the sunshine, Tom and I began to catch up with each other while the girls arranged their surprises at the remotest picnic table in the lay-by. Genial lorry drivers, munching wurst high in their cabs, looking down on their secretive toing and froing with interest.

   • 2025 July 17, Oliver Holmes, “Trump calls Epstein conspiracy a ‘hoax’ and turns on Maga ‘weaklings’”, in The Guardian‎, archived from the original on 10 August 2025:

     Donald Trump has lashed out against his own supporters, calling them gullible “weaklings” for questioning the transparency of a secretive government inquiry into the late high-profile socialite and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

同意語

• furtive
• sly
• See also Thesaurus:covert

派生語

語源 2

From secrete +‎ -ive.

発音

• IPA: /səˈkɹiːtɪv/

形容詞

secretive (not comparable)

1. Relating to secretion.

アナグラム

• receivest, resective