taciturnly r without speaking Usage(s) One windy evening in 1851 (the year the Pacific Railroad was begun and the future river pilot, Mark Twain, was 16) Henry Shreve taciturnly died. One windy evening in 1851 (the year the Pacific Railroad was begun and the future river pilot, Mark Twain, was 16) Henry Shreve taciturnly died. Synonym(s) mutely wordlessly silently