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Taciturnity

Taciturnity Meaning & Definition
Taciturnity Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Taciturnity?

[n] the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary

Synonyms | Synonyms for Taciturnity: reserve | reticence

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See Also | uncommunicativeness

Taciturnity In Webster's Dictionary

\Tac`i*tur"ni*ty\, n. [L. taciturnitas: cf. F. taciturnit['e].] Habilual silence, or reserve in speaking. The cause of Addison's taciturnity was a natural diffidence in the company of strangers. --V. Knox. The taciturnity and the short answers which gave so much offense. --Macaulay.

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