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uncoˈmmunicative, a.
(un-1 7 and 5 b.)
1691Norris Pract. Disc. 297 To be selfish and strait⁓laced, niggardly and covetous, reserved and uncommunicative. 1730Swift Dean's Reasons 43 Whose uncommunicative heart Will scarce one precious word impart. 1756Cowper Wks. (1837) XV. 285 Our nation has, indeed, been generally supposed to be of a sullen and uncommunicative disposition. 1807G. Chalmers Caledonia I. Pref. p. vii, The scholars of Scotland remained inert, and uncommunicative of what they did not know. 1865W. G. Palgrave Arabia II. 296 We made sail..in company with some islanders, silent uncommunicative men.
Hence uncoˈmmunicativeness.
1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) IV. 291, I might justify my secrecy and uncommunicativeness by her own. 1829Disraeli in Monypenny Life (1910) I. 122 Though generally accused of uncommunicativeness, I like a gentle chat with a friend. 1851Gallenga Italy i. 22 The Italians had given him blame for a dark simulation—which proceeded from sheer timidity and uncommunicativeness. |