| The secretiveness and deceptiveness of the patients made the diagnosis difficult for those who were unaware of this tendency. |
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| Apart from anything else, this secretiveness adds up to the cardinal sin of security by obscurity. |
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| So when it came to naming the shop, the pair decided to turn its secretiveness into an asset. |
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| Naturally talkative, Theroux discovered the candour as well as the secretiveness of the island's people. |
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| However, the reason for this is precisely the secretiveness and the uncertainty that this secretiveness creates. |
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| I have received no letter from the President-in-Office, which confirms my worst suspicions about the obsessive secretiveness of the Council. |
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| Eager as they are to buy art, Russians exhibit a desire for discretion that borders on secretiveness. |
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| The secretiveness and lack of transparency in Canada's MAI dealings were not what citizens of a democracy should rightfully expect. |
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| Yesterday, I got hold of the report, however, and I now suddenly understand what all the secretiveness was about. |
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| Natural discretion and reserve is one thing but secretiveness towards those who have everything to lose is another thing altogether. |
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| The Kursk accident showed the extent to which secretiveness and disinformation remain common practice in the armed forces. |
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| Let us put an end to this secretiveness and take the Commission to the Court of Justice if it does not hand over the screening reports. |
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| But I'm starting to get worried because of your secretiveness. |
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| I think there's too much secretiveness and arrogance of power. |
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| I frequently hear concerns about the secretiveness of the Security and Prosperity Partnership and the fear that it may result in lower safety standards. |
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| For this to happen, there must be a decision-making process based on transparent, open negotiations, and proper cooperation between the institutions, without any unwanted secretiveness. |
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| You can resume a number of the points that have been made around the table under one principle, and it is that the secretiveness and the arbitrariness of decisions that have been made by the CBC board bother us a great deal. |
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| Their knowledge of North Korea has been limited by its regime's secretiveness and their own past governments' reluctance to encourage fraternisation with communists. |
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| At their worst, they can be nitpicking and ambivalent, unable to see the wood for the trees. Mr Kerry marries flexibility of thought with secretiveness in decision-making. |
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| The whole picture on these matters is characterized by a great deal of equivocation, out of sheer necessity, by underground activity and resistance with a high degree of secretiveness. |
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