Meaning | marked by self-restraint and reticence. |
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Example | "was habitually reserved in speech, withholding her opinion"-Victoria Sackville-West |
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Narrower | aloof, distant, upstage | Remote in manner |
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diffident | showing modest reserve |
indrawn, withdrawn | tending to reserve or introspection |
See also | backward | (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature |
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inhibited | held back or restrained or prevented |
restrained | Under restraint |
undemonstrative | not given to open expression of emotion |
Opposite | unreserved | not cautious or reticent |
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Spanish | reservado |
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Adverbs | reservedly | with reserve |
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