Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a taciturn manner; with little speech.
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- adverb
quietly ; not in a manner inclined tospeaking .
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- adverb without speaking
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Examples
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Then How-ha's eyes went blear as she traversed the simple windings of her own brain, inspecting the bare shelves taciturnly stored with the impressions of a meagre life.
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His convictions upon all subjects were taciturnly inflexible.
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Mrs. Cliffe retired quite taciturnly, nothing in her face responding to this rallying, and he bent quickly over Marion.
The Judge Rebecca West 1937
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"Oh – I guess he 'll be more agreeable to have around than Peter," she admitted taciturnly; which was as close to her real opinion of the man as a mere mother might hope to come.
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"You will if we meet," she said taciturnly; but she gave him her hand for a moment.
Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 03 Martin Andersen Nex�� 1911
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"You will if we meet," she said taciturnly; but she gave him her hand for a moment.
Pelle the Conqueror — Complete Martin Andersen Nex�� 1911
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His convictions upon all subjects were taciturnly inflexible.
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"Oh -- I guess he'll be more agreeable to have around than Peter," she admitted taciturnly; which was as close to her real opinion of the man as a mere mother might hope to come.
The Ranch at the Wolverine B. M. Bower 1905
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Afterward, the men trooped taciturnly out again, and resumed their pipes.
The Call of the Cumberlands Charles Neville Buck 1904
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The steersman regarded me narrowly, his eyes squinting, and then said taciturnly, "Schooner El Dorado."
Mystic Isles of the South Seas. Frederick O'Brien 1900
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