secretness

And there's a certain secretness that makes it attractive and it taps into our sinful natures in that it pulls at the very core of who we are.

CNN Transcript Mar 3, 2009 2009

We can expect the military to resist, to use security — top secretness — as an excuse not to participate.

Printing: Walter Reeding Iraq-- 2007

We can expect the military to resist, to use security — top secretness — as an excuse not to participate.

Walter Reeding Iraq-- 2007

Turns out the “po-po” had been by an hour earlier and sure enough, we were escorted into The Squeeze with much furtive secretness, into a party that was officially slamming.

Mom and Dad, you in fact do not want to read this one. 2006

Turns out the “po-po” had been by an hour earlier and sure enough, we were escorted into The Squeeze with much furtive secretness, into a party that was officially slamming.

La Coquette: 2006

There was a great deal of privacy and secretness about the locations of the funeral.

CNN Transcript Dec 7, 2006 2006

Supposing I were in all secretness to cut the hawser mooring one of those ships?

Hunger 2003

O Jesu Christ, who might be so blessed that might see openly thy great marvels of secretness there where no sinner may be!

Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table 2003

Flood of warm jamjam lickitup secretness flowed to flow in music out, in desire, dark to lick flow invading.

Ulysses 2003

A true dream, of true love, a dream that came from the paths of secretness within her own and Alvin's hearts.

Alvin Journeyman Card, Orson Scott 1995