adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
so
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So why was the fortune-teller so secretive ?
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At least one dancer was surprised to learn that Alvin had a brother, so secretive was he about his life.
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She is so secretive she won't even say what the initials stand for.
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So why had he been so secretive ?
very
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Nothing came out, but then she seems to have been very secretive .
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Were you concerned a very small, very secretive group with enough money can pose a security threat?
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But in our house, everything is very secretive .
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A very secretive boy, I think I mentioned that.
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East Coast drunks are very secretive .
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She lives in her own world and is very secretive .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Kath's very secretive about her past, isn't she?
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Much of the discussion focused upon North Korea's highly secretive nuclear program.
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North Korea is a secretive nation.
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Why did Stephen always have to be so secretive in his business dealings?
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Years of living alone had made her secretive and unwilling to trust anyone.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A very secretive boy, I think I mentioned that.
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At least one dancer was surprised to learn that Alvin had a brother, so secretive was he about his life.
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Falconer was quiet and secretive but seemed in very good humour, laughing and talking rather garrulously.
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His style as leader, distrustful and secretive , prompts regular comparisons to Richard Nixon.
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They sat there smiling a secretive smile.