All 3 Uses of
taciturn
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- Externally, Grigory was cold, dignified and taciturn, and spoke, weighing his words, without frivolity.†
Chpt 3 *
- He was a young man of about four and twenty, remarkably unsociable and taciturn.†
Chpt 3
- He was morose and taciturn even with this old woman.†
Chpt 8
Definition:
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(taciturn) with a tendency to be reserved and not to talkeditor's notes: Synonym Comparison (if you're into word choice):
Consider using reticent rather than taciturn when the reluctance to talk is brought on by a particular situation rather than being a general disposition.