reserved#1 (a)

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type a
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def marked by self-restraint and reticence
examples was habitually reserved in speech, withholding her opinion Victoria Sackville-West
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Also see backward; inhibited; restrained; undemonstrative
Antonym reserved → unreserved
Similar to aloof, distant, upstage; diffident; indrawn, withdrawn
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Also see undemonstrative; inhibited; restrained
Similar to aloof, distant, upstage; diffident; indrawn, withdrawn
Antonym unreserved → reserved
Derived from adjective reservedly → reserved

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