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taciturn

/ˈtæsɪtɜːn/
adjective
  1. Silent; temperamentally untalkative; disinclined to speak.

    "The two sisters could hardly have been more different, one so boisterous and expressive, the other so taciturn and calm."

Synonymsreticent, untalkative
Antonymsgarrulous, loquacious

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