on small scale (adverb) slightly: a little
Sinonime: backstairs, buttoned up, cagey, clammed up, close, close-mouthed,
covert,
cryptic,
enigmatic, feline,
furtive, hushed, in chambers, in privacy, in private, in the background, in the dark, on the QT, reserved, reticent, silent, taciturn, tight-lipped, undercover, unforthcoming,
withdrawn, zipped
Antonime: communicative,
forthright,
honest, open