Hypertext Webster Gateway: "incommunicative"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Incommunicative \In`com*mu"ni*ca*tive\, a.
Not communicative; not free or apt to impart to others in
conversation; reserved; silent; as, the messenger was
incommunicative; hence, not disposed to hold fellowship or
intercourse with others; exclusive.
The Chinese . . . an incommunicative nation. --C.
Buchanan.
-- {In`com*mu"ni*ca*tive*ly}, adv. --
{In`com*mu"ni*ca*tive*ness}, n. --Lamb.
His usual incommunicativeness. --G. Eliot.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
incommunicative
adj : not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions
[syn: {uncommunicative}] [ant: {communicative}]
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