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Noncommittal   Listen
noun
Noncommittal  n.  A state of not being committed or pledged; forbearance or refusal to commit one's self. Also used adjectively.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Noncommittal" Quotes from Famous Books



... from Ashe's brown face; he was noncommittal again. "Temporary assignment. This is Murdock." The introduction was flat enough to daunt Ross. "Hodaki, Feng," he indicated the two Easterners with a nod as he put down his tray. "Jansen, Van Wyke." That accounted for ...
— The Time Traders • Andre Norton

... look sad," was the noncommittal answer; and then the carriage swept up to the horse-block ...
— The Rover Boys in the Jungle • Arthur M. Winfield

... of the day he was unable to see her alone for a moment, or to obtain any further reason to believe that the ice was in reality broken between them. But his course was no longer noncommittal, even to the most careless observer. The other guests of the house smiled; and Mr. Merriweather and Mr. Hackley looked askance at one who threw their assiduous attentions quite into the shade. Miss Madison maintained her composure, was oblivious as far as possible, ...
— Taken Alive • E. P. Roe

... two weeks' food supply, the freight from the Dean and letters from Ernest. They were very noncommittal but cheerful. He had cleared up the misunderstanding with the Smithsonian Institution, but as yet had no money and did not know ...
— The Forbidden Trail • Honore Willsie

... persuade the Connecticut Government to come under the control of New York, but Connecticut preferred Massachusetts and had stated this preference in her letter. Andros and the Lords of Trade deemed the reply favorable, although in fact it was ingeniously noncommittal, and they took ...
— The Fathers of New England - A Chronicle of the Puritan Commonwealths • Charles M. Andrews

... Dinky-Dunk that Peter would in all likelihood be here to-morrow, he listened without batting an eyelash. But he asked if I'd mind handing him a cigarette, and he studied my face long and intently. I don't know what he saw there, or what he concluded, for I did my best to keep it as noncommittal as possible. If there is any move, it must be from him. That sour-inked Irishman called Shaw has said that women are the wooers in this world. A lot he knows about it!... Yet something has happened, in the last half-hour, which both disturbs and puzzles me. When I was unpacking Dinky-Dunk's ...
— The Prairie Mother • Arthur Stringer



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