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I continue to hear great complaints of Peel—of his coldness, incommunicativeness, and deficiency in all the qualities requisite for a leader, particularly at such a time.

From The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. II by Reeve, Henry

He was rather glad of this incommunicativeness of hers, for he felt in too restless a mood to talk to her.

From Cleo The Magnificent Or, the Muse of the Real by Zangwill, Louis

Mr. Twentyman, the middle partner, now came in, and appeared as much or more depressed than his fellows in misfortune, and to bear it with a greater degree of English incommunicativeness and reserve.

From Hawthorne and His Circle by Hawthorne, Julian

No man had more out-rivalled an oyster in incommunicativeness.

From The Mountebank by Locke, William John

Hardly a word or look had passed between him and Maggie in all the three weeks; but his usual incommunicativeness at home prevented this from being noticeable to their parents.

From The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George