01 a. Not communicative; not free or apt to impart to others in conversation; reserved; silent; as, the messenger was incommunicative; hence, not…
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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.“His usual incommunicativeness.” — G. Eliot.