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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: incommunicative adj : not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions [syn: {uncommunicative}] [ant: {communicative}]
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