Defn: The faculty or propensity which impels to reserve, secrecy, or concealment.

SECRETLY
Se"cret*ly, adv.

Defn: In a secret manner.

SECRETNESS
Se"cret*ness, n.

1. The state or quality of being secret, hid, or concealed.

2. Secretiveness; concealment. Donne.

SECRETO-MOTORY
Se*cre`to-*mo"to*ry, a. (Physiol.)

Defn: Causing secretion; — said of nerves which go to glands and influence secretion.

SECRETORY
Se*cre"to*ry, a. Etym: [Cf. F. sécrétoire. See Secrete.] (Physiol.)

Defn: Secreting; performing, or connected with, the office secretion; secernent; as, secretory vessels, nerves. — n.