Both Uses of
taciturn
in
Outcasts United
- Taciturn and withdrawn boys who hadn't so much as grunted for the first two-thirds of practice now shouted insistently for the ball.†
Chpt 11 *
- Although he'd contributed to the recruiting effort to find new players, at the practices following tryouts he was taciturn and irascible.†
Chpt 16
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.