"inclined to secrecy," 1815 (implied in secretiveness); see secret (n.) + -ive. The word also was in Middle English with a sense "secret, hidden" (mid-15c.). Related: Secretively.
例文
1. Having spent a lifetime avidly courting publicity,Paul has suddenly become secretive .
ポールは一生何とか出し抜こうとしていたが、今は急に低調になった。
2.The Ministry is being obsessively secretive about the issue.
この部はこの問題を隠していない。
3.Katherine was forever secretive .
キャサリンはいつも神秘的だ。
4.He 's very secretive about his work.
彼は自分の仕事を隠すことができなかった。
5.Everybody is being secretive :there 's something cooking.