reticent, self-effacing, retiring
(adjective) reluctant to draw attention to yourself
restrained, reticent, unemotional
(adjective) cool and formal in manner
reticent, untalkative
(adjective) temperamentally disinclined to talk
Source: WordNet® 3.1
reticent (comparative more reticent, superlative most reticent)
Keeping one's thoughts and opinions to oneself; reserved or restrained.
(proscribed) Hesitant or not wanting to take some action; reluctant (usually followed by a verb in the infinitive).
• The second sense of reticent has developed in the years since the end of the Second World War and is still not universally accepted as correct usage. However, of the major English-language dictionaries, Merriam-Webster does recognize the newer sense .
• (sense 1) reserved, restrained, tight-lipped (See also taciturn)
• (sense 2) reluctant, unwilling
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Source: Wiktionary
Ret"i*cent, a. Etym: [L. reticens, p. pr. of reticere to keep silence; re- + tacere to be silent. See Tacit.]
Definition: Inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 January 2025
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