not talkative
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I'm not talkative, except in interviews, about what I am doing.
From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2023
In his first year, “not only was he not talkative and outgoing with the media, in the locker room he was very reserved.”
From Washington Post ● Jun. 20, 2013
Don't be alarmed if the triplets are not talkative.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Professor and Madame Oshima were not talkative on general topics but the books on the shelves of the Professor's library proved a godsend to the awakening mind of the young woman.
From In the Clutch of the War-God by Milo M. (Milo Milton) Hastings
I found him social, but not talkative; and when he spoke, something useful dropped from his tongue.
From Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott