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Webster 1913 Edition


Incommunicative

Inˊcom-mu′ni-ca-tive

,
Adj.
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.
Inˊcom-mu′ni-ca-tive-ly
,
adv.
Inˊcom-mu′ni-ca-tive-ness
,
Noun.
Lamb.
His usual
incommunicativeness
.
G. Eliot.

Webster 1828 Edition


Incommunicative

INCOMMU'NICATIVE

,
Adj.
Not communicative; not free or apt to impart to others in conversation.
1.
Not disposed to hold communion, fellowship or intercourse with.
The Chinese--an incommunicative nation.

Definition 2024


incommunicative

incommunicative

English

Adjective

incommunicative (comparative more incommunicative, superlative most incommunicative)

  1. Uncommunicative.

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