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  1. adj. unwilling to talk; taciturn; refusing to speak

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. temperamentally disinclined to talk

Examples

  • “The careful nose, the skin of her there, those careful hands of yours falling around the silent heart, how many, how often in the untalkative water.”

    Fictionaut: the sweet lunar springs

  • “He was one of the first in the field really to see the exceptional virtues and promise of the untalkative young Franklin J.W. Schmidt, who died in a fire just as his work on central Wisconsin prairie chickens was becoming recognized.”

    Tributes to Aldo Leopold

  • “If someone seems overly sullen and untalkative, or nervously preoccupied, that would be a red-flag.”

    ‘Look at your neighbor…Does he look suspicious?’

  • “He liked to educe comment from the untalkative man, draw him forth, make him understand that his wish to be friendless was not readily respected here.”

    Simon & Schuster: Underworld

  • “I mean, there's only so many times an untalkative rustic protagonist can ride a horse over an ancient bleakly-lit decaying stone bridge, you know?”

    Archive 2006-12-01

  • “He was humorless and untalkative after the game — but clearly satisfied by outplaying Garnett for the first time in the series.”

    USATODAY.com - Wolves get tangled by Webber in Game 4

  • “His private untalkative faith was something he knew I shared, though I often wondered how well it served him in fearful times.”

    Simon & Schuster: CLEAR PICTURES

  • “Didn't say much, though'most untalkative type if you ask me!”

    Elric At The End of Time

  • “They still didn't answer but I knew now that it wasn't just because they were untalkative.”

    The Sinkiang Executive

  • “It was quite easy, as I had always been untalkative: I just didn't answer when asked where I went on Sundays, and I kept my books and charts, slide rules and computers, securely locked up in my bedroom.”

    Flying Finish

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