"unloquaciousness" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From unloquacious + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|unloquacious|ness}} unloquacious + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} unloquaciousness (uncountable)
  1. The quality of being unloquacious. Tags: uncountable
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          "text": "When Clinton’s triangulation and the voters’ sense of contentment with incumbents enabled him to win re-election, Gingrich realized that Republicans would have to compromise with Clinton and mostly mark time until a breakthrough could be achieved in 2000—and that breakthrough looked to be, if still possible, far from certain in 1997 and 1998. The ouster of Gingrich and the installment of Dennis Hastert, then unknown outside the House, in January 1999, gave House Republicans a leader of the temperament and unloquaciousness capable of pursuing such a course.",
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