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Taciturn

Habitually silent; not given to converse; not apt to talk or speak.

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Reticent 84% connected

Inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Reticent 84% connected

Inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Taciturnity 74% connected

Habilual silence, or reserve in speaking.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Taciturnity 74% connected

Habilual silence, or reserve in speaking.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Concise 66% connected

Expressing much in a few words; condensed; brief and compacted; -- used of style in writing or speaking.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Concise 66% connected

Expressing much in a few words; condensed; brief and compacted; -- used of style in writing or speaking.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Incommunicative 66% connected

Not communicative; not free or apt to impart to others in conversation; reserved; silent; as, the messenger was incommunicative; hence, not disposed…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Incommunicative 66% connected

Not communicative; not free or apt to impart to others in conversation; reserved; silent; as, the messenger was incommunicative; hence, not disposed…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Voluble 94% connected

Easily rolling or turning; easily set in motion; apt to roll; rotating; as, voluble particles of matter.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Voluble 94% connected

Easily rolling or turning; easily set in motion; apt to roll; rotating; as, voluble particles of matter.

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