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Meanings of taciturn in English

Portuguese
taciturno

Habitually reserved and uncommunicative.

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        taciturno
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        Examples for "voluble"
        Examples for "voluble"
        1
        Alberdina replied not in three words but in a long voluble speech.
        The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp
        2
        She, however, remained silent and did nothing to encourage her voluble admirers.
        Down There
        3
        The landlady and her troop grew more and more voluble and excited.
        The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 2
        4
        He turned to Sadako Fujinami and spoke to her in voluble Japanese.
        Kimono
        5
        The shallow and superficial are generally voluble and often pass for eloquent.
        Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Fr...
        Usage of taciturn in English
        1
        The surgeon, rarely at a loss for words, had been strangely taciturn.
        Second to None
        2
        With set teeth he followed in the wake of his taciturn companion.
        Domnei: A Comedy of Woman-Worship
        3
        Parkins was always taciturn but this was a new high for him.
        Salem’s Lot
        4
        In fact, she'd come to admire this strange, awkward and taciturn man.
        The Flanders Panel
        5
        But Esther moved about the kitchen in her taciturn way, hardly answering.
        Esther Waters
        6
        He was the gaunt, taciturn individual we had seen at the wheel.
        The Island of Doctor Moreau
        7
        Then the taciturn one made a delivery book to match the messages.
        The President: A Novel
        8
        The taciturn housekeeper, eyeing him excitedly the while, put out the clothes.
        The Trespasser, Volume 1
        9
        Garrosh might be many things, but the taciturn type he was not.
        World of warcraft: the shattering: prelude to cataclysm
        10
        But after dinner Estraven grew taciturn, and cut my talk off short.
        The Left Hand of Darkness
        11
        While he was often taciturn, he evidently progressed in cheerfulness and hope.
        He Fell in Love with His Wife
        12
        Close behind them, but grave and taciturn as usual, came Mr. Falconer.
        At Love's Cost
        13
        Though rather taciturn he is loved both by the officers and poilus.
        Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights
        14
        During the months that followed, I believe I was moody and taciturn.
        Roger Trewinion
        15
        You must have learned the art of silence from these taciturn Norwegians.
        The Troll Garden, and Selected Stories
        16
        After she became convalescent she remained sunk in a gloomy, taciturn sadness.
        Samuel Brohl and Company
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        Translations for taciturn
        Portuguese
        taciturno
        Taciturn through the time
        Taciturn across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common
        United States of America
        Less common