4
wordless(adjective, quiet, silent, dazed, dumb)
3
cagey(adjective, secret, sneaky, stealthy)
3
clandestine(adjective, secret, sneaky, stealthy)
3
not talkative(adjective, secret, silent, sneaky, stealthy)
3
restrained(adjective, quiet, soft, low, reticent)
3
retired(adjective, quiet, reserved, secret, private)
2
clammed up(expression, adjective, close, quiet, soft)
2
discreet(adjective, quiet, soft, low, restrained)
2
furtive(adjective, secret, sneaky, stealthy)
2
mysterious(private, reticent)
2
retiring(adjective, reserved, reticent, taciturn)
2
secret(adjective, quiet, reserved, private, reticent)
2
short(reserved, reticent, taciturn)
2
succinct(adjective, taciturn)
2
untalkative
1
aloof(reserved, reticent, taciturn, uncommunicative)
1
antisocial(aloof, reserved, reticent, uncommunicative)
1
backstairs(mysterious, private, reticent, taciturn, uncommunicative)
1
brief
1
brooding(aloof, reserved, reticent, uncommunicative)
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