| slovo | definícia |
taciturn
(encz) | taciturn,mlčenlivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
taciturn
(encz) | taciturn,zamlklý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Taciturn
(gcide) | Taciturn \Tac"i*turn\, a. [L. taciturnus: cf. F. taciturne. See
Tacit.]
Habitually silent; not given to converse; not apt to talk or
speak. -- Tac"i*turn*ly, adv.
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Syn: Silent; reserved.
Usage: Taciturn, Silent. Silent has reference to the act;
taciturn, to the habit. A man may be silent from
circumstances; he is taciturn from disposition. The
loquacious man is at times silent; one who is taciturn
may now and then make an effort at conversation.
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taciturn
(wn) | taciturn
adj 1: habitually reserved and uncommunicative [ant: voluble] |
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taciturn
(encz) | taciturn,mlčenlivý adj: Zdeněk Brožtaciturn,zamlklý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
taciturnity
(encz) | taciturnity,nemluvnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
taciturnly
(encz) | taciturnly, |
Taciturnity
(gcide) | Taciturnity \Tac`i*tur"ni*ty\, n. [L. taciturnitas: cf. F.
taciturnit['e].]
Habitual silence, or reserve in speaking.
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The cause of Addison's taciturnity was a natural
diffidence in the company of strangers. --V. Knox.
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The taciturnity and the short answers which gave so
much offense. --Macaulay.
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Taciturnly
(gcide) | Taciturn \Tac"i*turn\, a. [L. taciturnus: cf. F. taciturne. See
Tacit.]
Habitually silent; not given to converse; not apt to talk or
speak. -- Tac"i*turn*ly, adv.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Silent; reserved.
Usage: Taciturn, Silent. Silent has reference to the act;
taciturn, to the habit. A man may be silent from
circumstances; he is taciturn from disposition. The
loquacious man is at times silent; one who is taciturn
may now and then make an effort at conversation.
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taciturn
(wn) | taciturn
adj 1: habitually reserved and uncommunicative [ant: voluble] |
taciturnity
(wn) | taciturnity
n 1: the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering
anything more than necessary [syn: reserve, reticence,
taciturnity] |
taciturnly
(wn) | taciturnly
adv 1: without speaking; "he sat mutely next to her" [syn:
mutely, wordlessly, silently, taciturnly] |
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