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.
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Closemouthed
Synonyms for "closemouthed" (50 found)
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Adjective(5 words)
reticentsecretsecretiveshiftyshortsilentsnugsparing of wordsspeechlesstaciturntersetight lippedtight-lippedtongue tiedtongue-tieduncommunicativeunloquaciousuntalkativeword-boundwordless
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Instructors were notoriously closemouthed about their gunnery techniques.
Source: wiktionary