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Definition of taciturnity :
Habilual silence, or reserve in speaking.
Synonyms:
military reserve, uncommunicativeness, second-stringer, restraint, stockpile, substitute, reserve, self-control, control, self-restraint, backlog, modesty, reservation
dumbness (part of speech: noun)
silence, dumbness, voicelessness, speechlessness
taciturnity (part of speech: noun)
muteness, reticence, succinctness, reservedness, curtness
Usage examples:
- This counted for nothing definite, of course; and as for the taciturnity of which the chambermaid complained, the ailments from which my poor friend was reported to have been suffering were quite enough to account for that. - "The House by the Lock", C. N. Williamson.
- The gravity and taciturnity of the nation have been ascribed to the effects of this proverb. - "Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 (of 3)", Isaac Disraeli.
- He thanked Heaven for the taciturnity of his companions. - "A Pagan of the Hills", Charles Neville Buck.
