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Discover LudwigThe word 'closemouthed' is correct and usable in written English.
It is an adjective that describes someone who is not willing to share information or speak openly. Example: The closemouthed detective refused to reveal any details about the ongoing investigation.
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closemouthed
adjective
Reticent, secretive or uncommunicative
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"Some people say I'm too closemouthed and I don't give anyone a chance to know me, and others — such as you or my daughter — maintain that I'm self-critical as a ploy to keep their attention focussed on me".
Amazon is famously closemouthed, and no Amazon executive has been willing to appear publicly to defend the company's position.
There are closemouthed policemen.
Enron was proudly closemouthed.
The success rate in these operations is a matter of intense speculation, given the authorities' closemouthed stance on the matter.
Mr. Brahimi was closemouthed about the details of his meeting, but has warned in recent weeks that without a political solution, Syria faces the collapse of the state and years of civil war that could dwarf the destruction already caused by the conflict that has taken more than 40,000 lives.
Although Google thrives on information, it is closemouthed about itself, as the Street View episode shows.
Closemouthed as a watchful maid in Act I, Brett Robinson subsequently lets loose as an increasingly irate Lena.
She said, however, that she now wishes that she had not been so closemouthed.
He was equally closemouthed on the subject of big waves.
He was a soft-spoken man, closemouthed about important matters but affable about routine ones.
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