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Meanings of untalkative in English

Temperamentally disinclined to talk.

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Examples for "reticent"
1
Wanda liked Dana, although her new friend was a shade too reticent.
Fortunate harbor
2
The lard is fun, but use vegetable oil if you are reticent.
The Irish Times
3
He grew reticent, and, to try you, asked you for your story.
The system of the world
4
He looked modest and reticent; his person was the reverse of commanding.
Denzil Quarrier
5
And the main reason he'd been reticent to have Sydney join them.
The bone chamber
Usage of untalkative in English
1
He was a quiet, rather untalkative man, lean and sinewy, sun and wind bitten.
The Adventures of Kathlyn
2
Fortunately, Carl Smith proved to be the untalkative type, though-less fortunately-notthe silent type.
Man in the Middle
3
Now he was riding in her carriage, but with a surly, untalkative soldier of the guard.
Graustark
4
They both became untalkative as the coffee came.
A Splendid Hazard
5
She stared with big enough eyes, but was as untalkative as the baby, who also stared.
Earth Abides
6
They seemed as untalkative as she was.
The Woman with the Fan
7
Then that's the reason why you don't like society, and why you are so untalkative to women.
The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him
8
It made him feel splendidly, untalkative.
A Spirit in Prison
9
All day and every day they roamed the ship half hungry, plagued by their gnawing stomachs, moody, untalkative, miserable.
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
10
Ever since she was a baby she had been like that, he said; and Ada had remained untalkative until the last few years.
Tobacco Road
11
He was a man named Goodrich, a quiet mannered, untalkative person, and as might be expected he had made little or no progress as yet.
The Gold Bag
12
I was glad when she went off to college, because, though she's a kind-hearted girl, she was so peevish and untalkative it made me tired.
The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors
13
"Gray and untalkative." Shnyg and Rostgish must have gone to the library.
Shadow prowler
14
He was a quiet, rather untalkative man, lean and sinewy, sun and wind bitten.
The Adventures of Kathlyn
15
Fortunately, Carl Smith proved to be the untalkative type, though-less fortunately-notthe silent type.
Man in the Middle
16
Now he was riding in her carriage, but with a surly, untalkative soldier of the guard.
Graustark
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