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taciturnity
[ tas-i-tur-ni-tee ]
noun
- the state or quality of being reserved or reticent in conversation.
- Scots Law. the relinquishing of a legal right through an unduly long delay, as by the silence of the creditor.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of taciturnity1
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Example Sentences
Jean Paul Sartre rendered the idea with neat, existential taciturnity: “No Exit.”
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Probably what most recommended her to the critical mind of Miss Warrender was her impassive taciturnity.
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The man Ward must have lost some of his taciturnity, for the girl was laughing gaily at whatever he was saying.
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His replies were perfectly ingenuous, evincing nothing of the natural taciturnity and shyness of the Indian mind.
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Sergeant Newton Spooner returned to his routine duties with a grim taciturnity which did not invite conversation.
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On the subject of my uncle, the old coachman's taciturnity gave way to torrents of reproach.
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