| 单词 | secretiveness |
| 例句 | Her African-bush secretiveness and suspiciousness had been compounded by slavery and confirmed by centuries of promises made and promises broken. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z In his secretiveness he didn’t merely resemble Newton, but actively exceeded him. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z There’s a lot of secretiveness and shame in the recovery world, too, but that’s changing.” Challenging the Second ?A? in A.A. 2011-05-06T22:42:58Z With a slightly sinister, hooded charisma that recalls the young James Spader or Jonathan Rhys Meyers, he is a deeper actor than either and conveys a brooding secretiveness and suppressed volatility. Movie Review: In ‘Easy Money: Hard to Kill,’ Wily Social Climber Is Back 2014-02-13T23:26:19Z Surely the secretiveness of those involved is an acknowledgement that they are aware of the objectionable nature of their acts. Animal Welfare at Risk in Experiments for Meat Industry 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z Your choice of a “public place” speaks of your desire to keep your secretiveness secret, even from yourselves. Am I an unconscious tease? 2012-09-07T00:00:00Z Mennecier, the curator, and Delpuech, the former Museum of Mankind director, both said the institution’s secretiveness and the authorities’ stonewalling could have repercussions, as calls for a reckoning with the past mount. A Paris Museum Has 18,000 Skulls. It’s Reluctant to Say Whose. 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z Mr. Dubourdieu was an enemy of pretense and impatient with the traditional secretiveness of the Bordeaux wine trade. Denis Dubourdieu, Who Elevated Bordeaux White Wines, Dies at 67 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z That secretiveness inspired him to write the role of the government operative Nikita for her. Scarlett Johansson Gets Superpowers in Luc Besson’s ‘Lucy’ 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z The secretiveness of Sony and Universal regarding these releases raises another question. European Copyright Laws Lead to Rare Music Releases 2013-12-11T22:12:24Z This bit of literary advice is coherent with Proust's general closetedness – a secretiveness that was all the more absurd since everyone near him knew he was gay. Reading group: how LGBT is Proust? 2013-02-20T12:01:01Z Hence his tenacious secretiveness regarding his tax returns, which might reveal the fictitiousness of his financial wizardry. Opinion | Now the GOP can repent for the Trump era by denying him the nomination 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z Thanks to Kelly’s secretiveness, fans may never know. Chip Kelly remains mum about absences: Takeaways from UCLA's rout of Alabama State 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z North Korea’s secretiveness makes it unlikely outsiders can confirm the true scale of the outbreak. Widespread disbelief over N. Korea’s tiny COVID death rate 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z On the other hand, the uncertainty, and the secretiveness of it raise some eyebrows. Four Downs with Bob Condotta and Adam Jude: Answering four Seahawks questions after their loss to the Rams in Week 5 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z Local technology managers griped about what they perceived as state and law enforcement secretiveness. ‘Holy moly!’: Inside Texas’ fight against a ransomware hack 2021-07-25T04:00:00Z And the company’s intense secretiveness in dealing with the government during the episode — including its decision to pay the ransom — was a source of constant frustration to government officials. Biden Administration to Require Pipeline Companies to Report Cyberattacks 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z LaPierre did not explain the secretiveness and a lawyer for the state of New York did not ask about it during his initial questions. NRA boss says he didn’t tell group leaders before bankruptcy 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z This was a contrast with the secretiveness of many paleontologists in the field, who might worry about their sites being raided for the fossil black market. Decolonizing the Hunt for Dinosaurs and Other Fossils 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z Critics of the regime say its secretiveness and defensiveness about the virus are a danger not just to Iranians but to the region and the world. Iran’s shaky response to the coronavirus raises fears of escalating health crisis 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z There is widespread anger over the sect’s secretiveness and their apparent unwillingness to cooperate with health officials. 'It's ruining everyone': eerie quiet reigns in coronavirus-hit South Korean city 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z “There was so much secretiveness involved in the whole process.” Buttigieg decision on police chief shadows presidential run 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z Knowing how often review boards decide for or against victims is difficult in general because of their secretiveness. AP: Catholic Church boards reviewing sex abuse fail victims 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z It’s difficult to know how often boards decide for or against victims in general because of their secretiveness. AP: Catholic Church boards reviewing sex abuse fail victims 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z When Kenneth Dart relocated to Grand Cayman, his secretiveness and colorful business dealings aroused local suspicion. Why Is a Secretive Billionaire Buying Up the Cayman Islands? 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z Her lover’s secretiveness and deceit—not just about his addiction but also about other aspects of his life—contributed to this dynamic. Joanna Hogg’s Self-Portrait of a Lady 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z This combination of Chinese repression and secretiveness and writers’ fears has made it difficult for readers to garner a Chinese insider’s impression of how China has changed. Review | The story that a Chinese businessman could have told 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z It’s an unenviable position for any company to be in — not least one, like Huawei, that is privately owned and was long known for secretiveness. The Week in Tech: Hostages in the U.S.-China Tech Cold War 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z Another longtime Bush associate told a reporter anonymously that Poppy’s own accounts of various periods in his life “are often off 10 to 30 percent … there is a certain reserve, even secretiveness.” Elite secret society tied Bush to circles of power 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z If this secretiveness indicates that the university is embarrassed, this is progress. Opinion | A red flag on campus free speech 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z This ambiguity and secretiveness should have prompted Holiday to dig much deeper, rather than to accept the conspirators’ stonewalling. Review | A sex tape, a conspiracy and an empty victory over Gawker 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z A current institute employee, who for job protection asked for anonymity, criticized the secretiveness of the process. Boeing, Snohomish County hold key to Future of Flight as aviation center faces turbulent times 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z The power and secretiveness of the Templars only fueled the charges. The historical reality of the Templars of ‘The Da Vinci Code’ and ‘Assassin’s Creed’ 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z Yet a dark undercurrent rises when the show suddenly jumps to a conversation between Maria’s three adult daughters, who are understandably bitter about their mother’s secretiveness and her neglectful parenting. ‘Dragon Lady’ review: Sara Porkalob takes on a stereotype 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z She was even more unpopular in Congress, owing to her woeful communication skills, secretiveness and stubbornness. Has Brazil’s Operation Car Wash exposed the biggest corruption scandal ever? 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z The touch of Theranos here is the need for secretiveness and control. In Snap’s I.P.O., Evidence of Bankers’ Strategy 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z The contrast with the secretiveness of the Clinton campaign and the lack of transparency in the Obama administration would be stark. Lessons for Trump From the Clinton Scandals 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z Baseball insiders also assume the team has the largest analytics department, though because of the team’s secretiveness, nobody can say for certain. Can New Technology Bring Baseball’s Data Revolution to Fielding? 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z What troubles me is the same old secretiveness that is... Watching, and Wincing, as Clinton Stumbles 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z Instead, they settled on their tedious narrative of righteous indignation about Clinton’s supposed pathological secretiveness in failing to inform them of her diagnosis the minute she got it. Health hysteria and hypocrisy: Here’s a news alert — Republicans have taken ill, too 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z They’re not wrong, but did part of this come from their secretiveness and unwillingness to make a clean breast of things?” How Hillary Clinton helped create what she later called the ‘vast right-wing conspiracy’ 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z The secretiveness of the Australian and Nauruan governments about conditions at the centre has led to complaints from the media and human rights groups. Nauru detention centre: Leaked papers describe abuse - BBC News 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z But at home, the secretiveness of the organization — even experts on the Gulenists are not certain how large the cemaat’s membership is — surrounded it for years in a thick cloud of suspicion and fear. Turkey’s purge marks endgame in Islamist civil war 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z The Gates funds, run by Michael Larson, are known for their secretiveness. How Bill Gates Became Embroiled in a Swiss Shareholder Fight 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z The move marks a strategic shift for Fanuc, an industrial powerhouse known for its secretiveness. New Fanuc Technology Connects Robots to Networks 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z As my Webster’s dictionary puts it, “ ‘Frank’ stresses lack of shyness or secretiveness or of evasiveness from considerations of tact or expedience.” Washington’s favorite f-word “We’re seeing people in very advanced stages of addiction because of the stigma, the shame involved, the secretiveness. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if people didn’t feel ostracized?” Mass. mother seeks to help drug addicts get help 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z Critics say any secretiveness only fuels more conspiracy theories and partisan rhetoric. Lawsuit seeks details of standoff at Nevada ranch 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Horowitz and Kitsis are practicing their secretiveness on that one too. How the Producers of Once Upon a Time Kept That Frozen Shocker a Secret 2014-05-12T19:54:57Z Prosecutors opposed the increased freedom, saying that Hinckley's behavior, including his secretiveness, suggests he might still be dangerous. Reagan's would-be assassin to get more time away from hospital 2013-12-20T22:01:08Z Until recently, their secretiveness and reluctance to exhibit their holdings was so fierce even some family members acknowledged its effect in the art world. Helly Nahmad Gallery Owner Indicted in Gambling Case 2013-05-17T02:30:02Z He was withal a typical Indian in treachery and secretiveness. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z That such cerebral localization as exists is of fundamental and specific traits of character or types of ability, such as secretiveness, circumspection, love of babies, generosity, veneration, constructiveness, etc. Vocational Psychology: Its Problems and Methods 2012-02-24T03:00:25.813Z Sometimes Adelina fancied her life similar to that portrayed by writers of fiction, the old dwelling and its accompanying secretiveness all tending to foster this belief. A Singular Metamorphosis 2012-02-01T03:00:10.613Z She further said that the male determination to deny and ignore these things was partly sympathetic secretiveness, partly the affectation of despising gossip, and mainly stupidity. In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z When tamed it shows the same qualities of curiosity and secretiveness which characterise the other birds of its kind. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z The Oregon Indians have essentially the same characteristic traits as other Indians, secretiveness, patience, vindictiveness, stoicism; and, in their best state, fidelity and boundless generosity to friends. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z Some birds, too, deliberately bury seeds, not indeed with a foresight aiming directly at the propagation of the plant, but from apparently purposeless secretiveness, or as a mode of preserving food for future use. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z But he said the opening of grand jury records is a milestone by itself, “another precedent for opening up secretiveness in public life.” Nixon?s grand jury testimony on the scandal that destroyed his presidency is coming out 2011-11-10T08:17:01Z Mr. Adams also cautioned that one roadblock to any outside civilian review of the police was a culture of secretiveness that had taken hold in the department since the Sept. City Room: Politicians Demand Investigation of N.Y. Police Corruption 2011-11-03T18:22:56Z Likely as not, it was only 85 the scientific temperament, which gave him an appearance of secretiveness and dissimulation, but of this the Phantom could not be sure. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z She knew only vaguely what his interests were, for he never mentioned them to her; he believed that women are incapable of comprehending such things; and his natural secretiveness was always on guard. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z She had read through her up to a certain point, but had failed to credit her sister with the secretiveness and self-control to the highest point of which the latter had nearly attained. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z Hepburn urged again but McKee was no more responsive so the older man put McKee's secretiveness down as pique, concealing nothing of value, and went on with the talk. The Last Straw 2011-06-27T02:00:58.100Z “People who choose a symbolic signature tend to have a cluster of traits in common: excessive ego, secretiveness, need for privacy, arrogance, and high self-confidence in their area of expertise.” City Room: Handwriting Experts Weigh In on Weiner's Signature (and Psyche) 2011-06-21T14:45:10Z Yet, with the secretiveness of his race he never hinted of his suspicions to a living soul. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z She had found herself increasingly puzzled, and not a little infuriated, by Winston's secretiveness. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z I was so afraid of the effect of our secretiveness on my mother that I learned how to interest her in people neither Betty nor I were the least interested in. My Little Sister 2011-05-27T02:00:14.023Z Firmness large; secretiveness too; but good moral and intellectual development. Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z Mr. Herriott, she is all I have in this world, and I can't see the child breaking her heart over Judge Kent's selfish secretiveness. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z Instead of breaking down her reticence I might increase it, strengthen that wall of secretiveness behind which she seemed to be taking refuge like a hunted creature. The Black Eagle Mystery 2011-03-07T03:00:12.497Z Had Mrs Everett killed the man, or assisted or directed the murder, she would have shown fear, secretiveness, or at least a harassed demeanor. In the Onyx Lobby 2011-02-14T03:00:31.897Z "I wanted to——" Then the hot flush of temper, so rare with him, was checked by his mastering passion—secretiveness. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z "Come here," he said, addressing me; "and remember, that, though you have large secretiveness, I must have the truth." Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z In a mild way I resented his secretiveness, even while I recognized his right to tell me as much or as little as he chose. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z Many Union officers escaping from prison had been kindly cared for by these faithful friends, who had been subjected to such close surveillance that secretiveness had become a marked trait of character. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z "There was secretiveness and deception on top of that," she said. 2010-02-02T15:29:00Z The old man had few thoughts; but with that shrewd secretiveness which is sometimes found in the dull mind he kept his counsels to himself. Sister Dolorosa and Posthumous Fame Ambition and an uncanny secretiveness made up the real man; he had set himself to winning his wife chiefly because the want of her distracted him from his work and fretted him. Beggars on Horseback It made me see the secretiveness of the system from another angle. The Seven-Branched Candlestick The Schooldays of Young American Jew Fillingford's wariness of exposing himself to rebuff or ridicule, his habitual secretiveness as to his emotions, cannot have made him either an ardent or an entertaining suitor. The Great Miss Driver It was the natural secretiveness of the Indian that he had not been able to throw off. The Frontier Boys in the Grand Canyon A Search for Treasure A secretiveness she had never known before had seized her soul, and she hoped that their presence in the Abbey was unknown. Plashers Mead A Novel His madness had taken the one form that made Vashti safe—he had gone mad on secretiveness. Beggars on Horseback She read through all his protestations of cheerfulness to the real dejection beneath them, and was both troubled and mystified, raging at his secretiveness. Ewing\\'s Lady The embers of this fire were, jealousy and suspicion on the side of the woman, and secretiveness in the man. A Modern Wizard When you live among them for three decades you find out about their cunning wariness, fecundity, secretiveness, boldness, omnivorous and voracious appetites. Brown John's Body A moment after, as she went on blindly up the stairs, a folded paper in her hand, she understood; understood what Georgy had offered to share with her, what the taciturn secretiveness of Celeste meant. The House of Fulfilment He grew more silent and morose than ever, and his secretiveness showed itself in all sorts of ingenious petty ways. Beggars on Horseback "I do dislike secretiveness!" said Mrs. Drayton; "I call it vulgar." An Old Chester Secret The boy was from childhood, although singularly attractive, of a moody, fitful, unrestful nature,—eager, earnest, but unsteady,—with varying phases of imprudent frankness and of the most stubborn and unfathomable secretiveness. The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine This is no uncommon order; but it is characteristic of Lee’s secretiveness to keep all of his officers in profound ignorance of his intentions, except those he means to be engaged. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital So, after questioning the Professor about various indifferent points, moral and intellectual, such as reverence, combativeness, secretiveness, language, ideality, etc., In the School-Room Chapters in the Philosophy of Education Even Edipon had finally seen the sense of this, though all of his tendencies were to conduct the experiments with great secretiveness behind locked doors. The Ethical Engineer If that doesn't happen, there's a period of suspiciousness and secretiveness—strongly suggestive of paranoia. The Hate Disease The process went even further than secretiveness in its reaction from the large rhetorical forms of revolutionary Socialism. New Worlds For Old A Plain Account of Modern Socialism His secretiveness only makes me like him the more, probably because I myself am so garrulous. The Heart of Thunder Mountain The manner of his days of preparation upon the hills of Twin Islands would return: the ill temper and cunning and evil secretiveness, joined now with the hang-dog air he habitually wore in the city. The Cruise of the Shining Light He felt that, whether knowingly or unknowingly, they had betrayed him through their secretiveness. Murder Point A Tale of Keewatin "I'm told that paras are madmen, and there's been mention of suspicion and secretiveness which suggests schizo-paranoia and—so I have guessed—the term para for those affected in this way." The Hate Disease I know and am heartily in sympathy with the reason for her secretiveness. The Crevice That trait in his character which phrenologists have named secretiveness largely governed his actions. James Madison “Mother shall never cry again on my account,” thought Katie; and, strange to say, the tendency to secretiveness in the child’s nature seemed cured from that day. Our Bessie Among the more general unlearned responses of children are fear, anger, pugnacity, envy, jealousy, curiosity, constructiveness, love of festivities, ceremonies and ordeals, sociability and shyness, secretiveness, etc. Introduction to the Science of Sociology Al very seldom travelled along the beaten trails, though there was nothing to deter him now save an inherent tendency toward secretiveness of his motives, destinations and whereabouts. Sawtooth Ranch According to this view, the difference is apparent merely, and depends only upon greater secretiveness. The Sexual Life of the Child Such is the depth and secretiveness of children, whom we call transparent. The Invader A Novel Nevertheless, although she advanced this information, with characteristic secretiveness she said nothing of the happenings of the previous evening. The Wall Between She learned that embarrassed reserve which tended toward secretiveness and untruth before she was eleven. Athalie In considering any matter in connexion with Borrow it is always necessary to take into account the secretiveness of his disposition, and also his passion for posing. Old Familiar Faces It stimulated some latent propensity to secretiveness, as also the inclination to play the freebooter in a small way. When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine There is something in college life which fosters a reticence that is almost secretiveness; and this becomes a code, a religion; yet Stewart found himself seized with an intense longing to confide in someone. The Invader A Novel And to certain temperaments a little of this diplomacy, or secretiveness, is often very important. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 In some the supreme necessity for self-ventilation interested her; in others, secretiveness hermetically sealed fascinated her. Athalie Their secretiveness is the result of the fear that if they give, it may chance that they may want. The Life of Gordon, Volume I Such secretiveness was deemed piggish, and was resented. When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine Silence, secretiveness where grown people were, had been beaten into his small brain. Frank of Freedom Hill Even the leader wasn't too promising, given the Brotherhood's secretiveness, but Cortin took him anyway; these Imperials were her responsibility, and she wanted to personally punish the one in charge of harming them. The Alembic Plot A Terran Empire novel There was no secretiveness about the stranger's movements; on the contrary, there was an airy boldness. The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel Many hard things were said of Buestom, but not half that could have been told and yet save one’s reputation for veracity and secretiveness. Bamboo Tales Afterwards they lingered on the piazza, talking and laughing, begging to see the manuscript, teasing Theodora about her secretiveness, and congratulating her again and again. Teddy: Her Book A Story of Sweet Sixteen "No danger of that, you dear old Gracious, but if you should say secretiveness, I might be willing to stop," said Kate, boldly, yet hardly daring to look toward the window. The Right Knock A Story From this time forth, in the insanity of her jealousy, and with a secretiveness only possible to the morally insane, Sybil completely concealed her suspicions and her sufferings from her husband and her guest. Cruel As The Grave Then I saw that unmistakable quiver in her lips, so like a smile, so far from mirth, which my acquaintance with the girl, so sensitive and free from secretiveness, had made me familiar with. Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic But mixed up with this religious obstinacy is a goodly jigger of secretiveness, and in order to gain his own point the religion of the owner does not prevent him from prevarication. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers It matches in secretiveness and shrewdness the cleverest efforts of Napoleon, and shows also much of that soldier's broadness of intellect and capacity for great occasions. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War This servant of his was a Russian, to whom he had been introduced by Vola, and he was a character for fidelity and secretiveness. The Boy Nihilist or, Young America in Russia It is a business that will require considerable tact and discretion; or at least, great secretiveness and cautiousness,” added Captain Pendleton. Cruel As The Grave It's all part of the secretiveness of men. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 26, 1916 Natural secretiveness and craft make each alertly suspicious. Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 As Janet offered this conscientious information, Steve Brown looked in vain for any allusion to her secretiveness of the night before. The Wrong Woman Nor was secretiveness inculcated amongst battery subalterns a few years subsequently. Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 "Let me understand you clearly," prompted Mr. Hagan, with a briskness that accentuated the other's air of secretiveness. The Tyranny of Weakness When the thought is turned to an endeavor to secure a dollar that is not earned, there is secretiveness of purpose and inward guile. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View He had a considerable reputation, of which he was imperfectly aware, for secretiveness, timidity, gentleness, and intellectual superiority. Clayhanger The process went even farther than secretiveness in its reaction from the large rhetorical forms of revolutionary Socialism. Socialism As It Is A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement It has already been admitted in Chapter II. that a system of official secretiveness in connection with reverses was adopted, and that it did no good. Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 He was, moreover, urged by the secretiveness of his race, the love of keeping private affairs from outsiders, and he bitterly resented the proposition. Edward FitzGerald and "Posh" "Herring Merchants" I do not say there are no good men, there are; but the man who pretends to go through this world on a record of no bad habits accumulates a heap of inward secretiveness. Watch Yourself Go By The similar tendency of pins and needles is universally understood and execrated,—their base secretiveness when searched for, and their incensing intrusion when one is off guard. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 So he was a slighted and offended man, whose testimony, given in good German, only declared the secretiveness, self-sufficiency, and hard-neckedness of Englander! That Stick Reticence and secretiveness are excellent things in their way; but this too may be overdone. My New Curate Possibly Posh exaggerated the importance of secretiveness, and FitzGerald the security of privacy. Edward FitzGerald and "Posh" "Herring Merchants" Was the boy's reason for this strange caution, this strange secretiveness, akin to his—Artois's—desire? The Call of the Blood There was an air of mystery, of secretiveness, of intrigue, that could not help but be noticed by one as sensitive to emotion-impressions as SS Man George Hanlon. Man of Many Minds The same may be said of immoral traits, such as criminality, pauperism, delinquency, irascibility, lying, truancy, superstition, clannishness, secretiveness, despondency, slyness, exclusiveness, vanity, cunning, cruelty, quickness to anger, revengefulness, etc. How to Live Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern Science Gone were the harshness and secretiveness with which she had met his earlier questioning.... Murder at Bridge She saw now that he did not mean to acknowledge his failing, and knowing the secretiveness of the drug-taker she decided that he was deluded enough to think he could still deceive her. The Fruit of the Tree Al very seldom traveled along the beaten trails, though there was nothing to deter him now save an inherent tendency toward secretiveness of his motives, destinations and whereabouts. The Quirt This secretiveness had its value, to be sure. Foe-Farrell Susan found her thoughts trailing off into a perspective of questions that brought up against a wall of incomprehension above which Lucy's clear eyes looked at her with baffling secretiveness. The Emigrant Trail He had caught that note and it piqued his curiosity, so with mountain secretiveness he became cryptic in his response. A Pagan of the Hills By degrees, and with an amazing display of secretiveness, she managed to convey out of the house all that she might require for a considerable absence. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 3, March, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy For there is no streak of mean secretiveness in Green Valley folks. Green Valley It seemed more likely that the latter was the true explanation, and Leigh already knew his visitor well enough to be prepared for sudden streaks of reticence or secretiveness. The Mayor of Warwick Finally, various herbs, of which I did not learn the names because of secretiveness on the part of the women, are put on a plate or on anything that is convenient, and burned. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir This power for secretiveness and this rigidity of pride in a girl of that age strike me rather unpleasantly. The Portion of Labor "Certainly," I answered, disguising my wonder at his secretiveness. Pieces of Eight So, we all thought that some hoard locked by this key contained the missing treasure; my father's habitual taciturnity, and secretiveness favouring this idea. My Life as an Author A desire to impress her overcame his innate secretiveness. The Mayor of Warwick Logan, or rather Fastcastle, does not unto this day, know the secret of the Emu’s feathers, though, later, he sorely tried the secretiveness of Merton, as shall be shown in the following narrative. The Disentanglers There are other impulses, such as love of approbation or vanity, shyness and secretiveness, of which a word might be said; but they are too familiar to need it. Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals He is rather a good-looking man, short, with snowy-white hair and red face, his countenance indicative of the secretiveness and cunning of his character. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862 If we turn our attention to iron-clad ships, we shall see best displayed the sagacity, energy, and secretiveness of Louis Napoleon. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 73, November, 1863 He could never be square with the game he played with Eleanor; and as for his own "game," his steadily pursued secretiveness was a denial of his own standards which permanently crippled his self-respect. The Vehement Flame All that he had was a creative, though undisciplined imagination, together with an astonishing industry, persistence, and secretiveness. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century "If there's one thing I can't abide, it is secretiveness," said Mrs. Bonner, as she watched him up the road towards the village. The Imaginary Marriage Jealousy and secretiveness are much rarer among them than in Europe. Your United States Impressions of a first visit His secretiveness and his unpopularity point to one of the most important functions of the municipal and state "Bosses," to which as yet only incidental reference has been made. The Promise of American Life Then she was stabbed again by his annoyance because she had opened the letter from Mr. Houghton; then by his secretiveness in regard to that adventure on the river with Mrs. Morton. The Vehement Flame There runs all through Euripides a very strong conception of the cohesiveness of women, their secretiveness, and their faithfulness to one another. The Electra of Euripides Translated into English rhyming verse There was a subdued excitement about Lady Linden during the Thursday and the Friday, and an irritating air of secretiveness. The Imaginary Marriage On the general principle that frankness is always better than secretiveness, the situation is usually cleared by announcing it. Etiquette She had a certain feminine secretiveness which made her doubly enjoy a happiness undiluted by publicity; moreover, some further deference was due to Carnath. The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories A train of mice, in the strictest incognito, could not have performed these operations with a greater amount of secretiveness. Willis the Pilot From that day, my dear Edward, he began to exhibit a spirit of secretiveness and reserve entirely alien to his own open and honourable disposition, and also saw less of Mr. Gaskell. The Lost Stradivarius Attention to details, absolute obedience, constant, conscious imitation, secretiveness, suspiciousness, were all highly developed by this social system. Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic But he suffered--had always suffered--from the jealous reserve which underlay her charm, her inborn tendency to secretiveness and intrigue. Lady Rose's Daughter Sex must always be a mystery, but, as Mrs. Richmond rightly says, "the real and true mysteries of generation and birth are very different from the vulgar secretiveness with which custom surrounds them." Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society The immense army of women who did Gisela's work proved themselves true Germans, logical products of generations of discipline, concentration, secretiveness, and a thoroughness, even in trifling details, as implacable as it was automatic. The White Morning He is really very interesting, Aunt Jennie, with the tiniest bit of secretiveness as to his own purposes in life which, of course, makes one more curious about him. Sweetapple Cove Universal secretiveness and conventionality, polite forms and veiled expressions, were the necessary shields of a military feudalism. Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic A little secretiveness has set many a scandal afloat; and much as is said about women who tell too much, they are a great deal better off than the woman who tells too little. The King's Daughter and Other Stories for Girls She drew him out of the secretiveness within which he habitually barred himself, and he felt thankful to her for his prisoner's hour of mid-day airing. The Philanderers A first-rate example, this, of her new secretiveness! Mr. Prohack And in his astonishment he wondered at the secretiveness of London. The Roll-Call Rachel hated the condition of mutual secretiveness upon which she had married this man; it was antagonistic to her whole nature; she longed to repudiate it, and to abolish all secrets between them. The Shadow of the Rope He was a solitary man, of an habitual secretiveness deepened by years of living alone. The Moon Rock The cunning of these unfortunates is proverbial and is only equalled by their secretiveness and mendacity. The Mystery of 31 New Inn Mr. Prohack might well have asked; but he was too loyal to her to betray her secretiveness by such a question. Mr. Prohack With characteristic secretiveness he kept hidden, even from his sister, the drama at which he was quietly working. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 04 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes The next instant the film came again over the small brown eyes, the mask shut down again, as the ancient negro racial secretiveness resumed sway. The Purchase Price In its age, its uncouth savage strength, and its secretiveness. Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter Old Mr. Peregrine lately told me an instance of the extraordinary secretiveness of the labourer. A Cotswold Village His gait was careless and indolent, but I noticed that he did not swing his arms—a sure sign of a certain secretiveness of character. A Hero of Our Time These men all had complete faith in his ability and stood by him as on a rock, guarding their work with the secretiveness of a burglar-proof safe. Edison, His Life and Inventions Of his secretiveness for his wife's sake I had a touching little instance after luncheon. James Pethel I believe that a haunting sense of the intensifying unsoundness of his position accounts largely for his increasing irritability and his increasing secretiveness with my aunt and myself during these crowning years. Tono Bungay He had the instinctive secretiveness of the inveterate criminal. The Amateur Cracksman But the partial secretiveness had also occasionally its conscious motives, some unselfish, and some self-regarding; and from this point of view it stood in marked apparent antagonism to the more expansive quality. Life and Letters of Robert Browning One lady had even remarked that, on her part, she felt that a too great reserve verged upon secretiveness, which was not a desirable girlish quality. The Shuttle The steady grey eyes, seemingly smaller yet more conspicuous than before, revealed in their glance new elements of secretiveness, of strategy supported by abundant and confident personal force. The Market-Place There was evidently a curious strain of secretiveness in him. Tono Bungay Whenever she was unhappy she felt herself at bay against a pitiless world, and a kind of animal secretiveness possessed her. Summer Mr. Pierce's face did not know how to smile—what was the use of smiles?—but its whole surface radiated secretiveness. The Damnation of Theron Ware Another source of comparatively harmless lying is the instinct for secretiveness. Your Child: Today and Tomorrow Capacity for details and for shrewd bargaining, patience, frugality, seriousness, secretiveness, caution, an instinctive sense for business openings, self-control—all these were characteristic both of the Cleveland clerk and the later oil-refiner. The United States Since the Civil War There is nothing of the masonic secretiveness in my organisation, and I am very weary of the seal that has been set upon my unwary lips. Birds of Prey What I wonder at is, rather your secretiveness than your courage. Villette They plant distrust and secretiveness, and they produce in us after their kind. Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays What glimpses into humble interiors, when native secretiveness has not raised a rampart of earthen bricks at the inside of the entrance! Fountains in the Sand Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia Be honest, sincere, and avoid all deceit and even secretiveness. The Communistic Societies of the United States From Personal Visit and Observation The very calmness and secretiveness of his letter was an insult. The History of David Grieve Despite your mother’s secretiveness regarding this portion of her history, the knowledge has come to me in the most unexpected manner, from the lips of the man himself.” An Ambitious Man A young man next to him dropped his robe from about his body and with fierce visage spoke excitedly, for it was his first confession, and his Indian secretiveness was straining under the ordeal. The Way of an Indian This tells upon the progeny, which comes into the world with secretiveness excessive in volume and activity. Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation He seemed more startled than he had been at the unbelievable secretiveness of a dead man. The Abandoned Room Were we to speak of Addison phrenologically, we should say that, next to veneration, wit, and ideality, his principal faculties were caution and secretiveness. The Poetical Works of Addison; Gay's Fables; and Somerville's Chase With Memoirs and Critical Dissertations, by the Rev. George Gilfillan The organization of the Council of Four and the mystery which enveloped its deliberations emphasized as nothing else could have done the secretiveness with which adjustments were being made and compromises were being effected. The Peace Negotiations A Personal Narrative As she acknowledged his bow, she was struck anew with the concentrated secretiveness of his appearance. Affairs of State That indicated secretiveness, perhaps fear, the apprehension of something. The Secret of the Tower "I find here acquisitiveness and secretiveness enough to stock an entire Board of Aldermen and a Congressional Committee." Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 29, October 15, 1870 After the middle of the thirteenth century the danger was real enough to account for any degree of secretiveness, and a striking case of this timidity is related by Bacon himself. The Emancipation of Massachusetts Everywhere there are developing bitterness and resentment against a secretiveness which is interpreted to mean failure. The Peace Negotiations A Personal Narrative There were also stories of lonesome "run-ins," which, owing to Willie's secretiveness and the permanent silence of the other participants, never became more than intangible rumors. Going Some Dissimulation and secretiveness, seeded in savagery, nourished in oppression, ingrained in the soul for generations, are part of a nature as opaque to the average Caucasian eye as is the sable skin of Africa itself. The Law of the Land It was not secretiveness which caused the child to refrain from speaking of certain things. In the Closed Room The two months since Jack Witherspoon's departure had changed the frank young fellow into a taciturn man of feline secretiveness. The Midnight Passenger : a novel When one reviews the negotiations at Paris from December, 1918, to June, 1919, the secretiveness which characterized them is very evident. The Peace Negotiations A Personal Narrative Now in the period of pregnancy the artist's mood is one of secretiveness. Love's Pilgrimage And there is yet another obstacle in dealing with such people, their intense and childish sensitiveness and secretiveness. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1 This unconfessed vision was one of several causes which had contributed to intensify his inherent tendency towards Machiavellianism and secretiveness. The Old Wives' Tale She had done the thing in her simplicity, but it was through her own wilful secretiveness that her ignorance had not been guarded. Beechcroft at Rockstone Only Isabel, who, in spite of her husband's secretiveness, learned much, and Pancho Cueto, who kept his own account of the annual income from the business, held the matter in serious remembrance. Rainbow's End Buchlein, it will be long before my secretiveness remains so quiet again; make the most of what thou hast got. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1 I wondered why the doctor was talking so freely, now, in contrast with his former secretiveness. The Dream Doctor Forbes seemingly atoned for his earlier secretiveness by placing every fact in his possession fully and fairly before his auditors. Number Seventeen But he went to them quickly, and shook hands with Martin, and was presently reproaching Cherry for her secretiveness in his old, or almost his old, way. Sisters The habit of secretiveness was too strong upon her. Tillie, a Mennonite Maid; a Story of the Pennsylvania Dutch Vaniman, even though he tried to make Britt's reasons for the request seem convincing, could not help feeling that the financier's natural secretiveness in matters of personal business was stretched somewhat in this instance. When Egypt Went Broke There was a suspicious secretiveness in its approach. The Flaming Forest It is no matter of wonder that he grew hardened and reckless as he grew older; nor that, to avoid punishment, he sought refuge in lying, secretiveness, and deceit. The Iron Rule Or, Tyranny in the Household Diccon, who was still in the era of timidity, instead of secretiveness, spoke out. Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland When he lived, one of the reproaches with which she constantly soured his existence was that of secretiveness. Will Warburton To withhold it from you would be to admit a secretiveness that our relationship has never known—out it must, and to you. The Garden of Survival Rudyard, who understands Life's violence, would understand that; what he could never understand would be perpetual artifice, unseemly secretiveness. The Judgment House Yet, he had the secretiveness of sand; he absorbed, but he revealed nothing. The Puppet Crown As Uncle Ben turned his small gray eyes upon him in a half astonished, half questioning manner, the potent spirit of childish secretiveness suddenly took possession of the boy. Cressy The secretiveness of her sex came to her aid here, and she awkwardly changed the subject. A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories The boatman thought his secretiveness and reticence only the surliness of his nation, and cared little for a man who never asked for the news, and to whom he brought no letters. Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation And his expression and attitude in facing round towards the door was quite as much of nervous secretiveness as of indignation at the interruption. Openings in the Old Trail I have known frank, ingenuous, and modest young men, open as the day, to learn navigation and at once betray secretiveness, reserve, and self-importance as if they had achieved some tremendous intellectual attainment. The Cruise of the Snark In his moral phrenology the professor might have marked the organ of secretiveness as very large, and that of conscientiousness omitted. The Story of the Mormons, from the date of their origin to the year 1901 The indifference of other people is a false term for the secretiveness of oneself. Michael Colter had not been so bold nor so rude as Daggs, but he was the same kind of man, perhaps the more dangerous for his secretiveness, his cool, waiting inscrutableness. To the Last Man "Let's go down into this next gully to talk it over, Buck," he suggested with an air of secretiveness that fired the Kid's imagination. The Flying U's Last Stand His caution, his secretiveness, his adroit confidences, his skilful silences, had created in these two groups of men, two impressions of his character. Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War In prison these strange beings are men in dissimulation and in secretiveness, which never yields till the last moment, when they are crushed and broken by the tedium of imprisonment. Scenes from a Courtesan's Life Here were the familiar characteristics—masked feeling—strange secretiveness—expressionless expression of mystery and hidden power. Riders of the Purple Sage In him had come to a head the deepest things in the forest life: the darkly feminine things, its silence, its mysticism, its secretiveness, its tragic patience. Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War |
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