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Another word for taciturn

Adjective

  1. Not speaking freely or openly

    2. See also:

    sounds

    restraint

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Sentence Examples

  • At dinner the prince usually spoke to the taciturn Michael Ivanovich more often than to anyone else.

  • He was without question a reactionary, morose and taciturn, and spent nearly all his time shut up in his palace.

  • In society Anson seems to have been cold and taciturn.

  • Normally patient, taciturn ox can sometimes turn eccentric and short-tempered.

  • Sagittarian men are willing to overlook many things, including someone who does not display any athletic abilities or is taciturn, but they will not overlook cruelty to animals.

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