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incommunicative

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in·com·mu·ni·ca·tive  (nk-myn-k-tv, -ktv)
adj.
Not disposed to be forthcoming or communicative; uncommunicative: an incommunicative press secretary.
incom·muni·ca·tive·ly adv.
incom·muni·ca·tive·ness n.
incommunicative [ˌɪnkəˈmjuːnɪkətɪv]
adj
tending not to communicate with others; taciturn
incommunicatively  adv
incommunicativeness  n
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Adj.1.incommunicativeincommunicative - not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions
uncommunicative
inarticulate, unarticulate - without or deprived of the use of speech or words; "inarticulate beasts"; "remained stupidly inarticulate and saying something noncommittal"; "inarticulate with rage"; "an inarticulate cry"
taciturn - habitually reserved and uncommunicative


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" replied the ancient chair, in a quiet and easy tone, for it had now cleared its throat of the dust of ages, "I am naturally a silent and incommunicative sort of character.
Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
But the constant presence of her mother's regretful bewilderment was less painful to Maggie than that of her father's sullen, incommunicative depression.
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