secrecy
noun
the state or condition of being secret, hidden, or concealed.
secrecies
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pluralof secrecy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Once the eye gets used to the quirks and secrecies of his inimitable shorthand, it discovers how deeply regional an artist he was.
From Time Magazine Archive
She did not yet understand the inflexible secrecies of genius.
From Tongues of Conscience by Robert Smythe Hichens
He had perceived the cessation of that first bright outbreak of self-revelation, this relapse into the secrecies of individuality, quite early in their married life.
From Marriage by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
There is, of course, the further interesting fact that these stories take place out in the open and have the charm that comes from adventures and wanderings through the secrecies of ancient Sherwood Forest.
From Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes by Erle Elsworth Clippinger
Hark! as I look up into thy high secrecies, oh, tree, the face, the face, peeps down on me!—'Art thou Pierre?
From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Herman Melville
