closemouthed
English
Adjective
closemouthed (comparative more closemouthed, superlative most closemouthed)
- reticent, secretive or uncommunicative
- 1852 James Fenimore Cooper - Home as found
- As much so as possible; they have hardly a way that you would like, my dear ma'am; and are as closemouthed as if they were afraid of committing themselves.
- 2001 C. R. Anderegg - Sierra Hotel: flying Air Force fighters in the decade after Vietnam
- Instructors were notoriously closemouthed about their gunnery techniques.
- 1852 James Fenimore Cooper - Home as found
Translations
reticent, secretive or uncommunicative
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