Definitions for: Reserved

[adj] cool and formal in manner
[adj] marked by self-restraint and reticence; "was habitually reserved in speech, withholding her opinion"-Victoria Sackville-West
[adj] set aside for the use of a particular person or party

Webster (1913) Definition: Re*served" (-z?rvd"), a.
1. Kept for future or special use, or for an exigency; as,
reserved troops; a reserved seat in a theater.

2. Restrained from freedom in words or actions; backward, or
cautious, in communicating one's thoughts and feelings;
not free or frank.

To all obliging, yet reserved to all. --Walsh.

Nothing reserved or sullen was to see. --Dryden.
-- Re*serv"ed*ly (r?-z?rv"?d-l?), adv. --
Re*serv"ed*ness, n.

Synonyms: aloof, bookable, booked, diffident, distant, engaged, indrawn, rarefied, rarified, restrained, reticent, set-aside(p), undemonstrative, unemotional, withdrawn

Antonyms: unreserved

See Also: backward, inhibited

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