Incommunicatively

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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           The Chinese . . . an incommunicative nation. --C.
                                                    Buchanan.
     -- {In`com*mu"ni*ca*tive*ly}, adv. --
     {In`com*mu"ni*ca*tive*ness}, n. --Lamb.
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           His usual incommunicativeness.           --G. Eliot.
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