taciturn

Modifies a noun

• man: He was, however, a somewhat - um - taciturn man.
• nature: The fact that his mom likes to talk, and tends to answer for him, magnifies his taciturn nature.
• character: Of a morose and taciturn character he is said to have been drinking heavily the week prior to the awful tragedy.
• father: She meets younger brother and his garrulous and preganant wife ( Adams ), his taciturn father and none too approving mother.
• manner: He talked very little, and seemed all the more mysterious for his taciturn manner.
• partner: She also generates considerable chemistry with Bob Hoskins as her taciturn business partner.

Modifying Another Word

• normally: When we got back to our car, parked opposite a mosque, our driver, Yusuf, normally taciturn, was looking shaken.
• very: The notes and the colors have simply been two ways to communicate with the world, because I have always been very taciturn.
• even: Now, however, Wessels is guarded, even taciturn, on the subject of his former vice-captain.
• so: Article continues Devotees of complementary therapies are rarely so taciturn, which is understandable.