Taciturn

Definition of taciturn:

part of speech: adjective

Habitually tacit or silent: not fond of talking: reserved in speech.

part of speech: adjective

Habitually silent; reserved in speech.

part of speech: adjective

Not apt to speak; disinclined to talk.

part of speech: adverb

TACITURNLY.

Usage examples for taciturn:

• Something of the sweet foolishness must have shown upon his face, for when he reached his destination, Blake's concierge, usually a taciturn individual, offered him a welcome as he stepped from the brilliant sunshine into the dim cool hallway, and gave him the information he needed with a good grace. "Max", Katherine Cecil Thurston.

• There are few, I fancy, who will hear it mentioned without connecting its mystery and secrecy with the taciturn justice of the Three, or some other cruel machinery of the Serenest Republic's policy. "Venetian Life", W. D. Howells.

• Absorbed in these sorrowful reflections he walked silently along beside his companion, who suspected his taciturn mood, and did not intrude upon it, until, as the hour of noon approached, he suggested that they should turn their steps homeward, so as to be in time for the mid- day meal. "Captain Fracasse", Theophile Gautier.

• Falk paced up and down the room, taciturn portentous like a thundercloud. "The Red Room", August Strindberg.