- incommunicative
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—incommunicatively, adv. —incommunicativeness, n./in'keuh myooh"ni keuh tiv, -kay'-/, adj.not communicative; reserved; uncommunicative.[1660-70; IN-3 + COMMUNICATIVE]
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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. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
incommunicative — index inarticulate, mute, noncommittal Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
incommunicative — [in΄kə myo͞o′ni kāt΄iv, in΄kə myo͞o′ni kə tiv] adj. not communicative; reserved; taciturn … English World dictionary
incommunicative — adjective Date: 1670 uncommunicative … New Collegiate Dictionary
incommunicative — adjective Uncommunicative … Wiktionary
incommunicative — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. quiet, secretive, silent, uncommunicative; see reserved 3 , taciturn . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Not speaking freely or openly: close, close mouthed, incommunicable, reserved, reticent, silent, taciturn,… … English dictionary for students
incommunicative — adj. not communicative, inexpressive, undemonstrative,in·com mu·ni·ca·tive || ‚ɪŋkÉ™ mjuËnɪkeɪtɪv / kÉ™tɪv … English contemporary dictionary
incommunicative — adjective another term for uncommunicative. Derivatives incommunicatively adverb incommunicativeness noun … English new terms dictionary
incommunicative — a. Reserved, unsociable, unsocial … New dictionary of synonyms
incommunicative — adj quiet, closed mouthed, uncommunicative, silent, mum, mute, dumb, Sl. buttoned up; noncommittal, evasive; brief, of few words, laconic, terse, curt, short; unsociable, shy, reserved, reticent, taciturn … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
