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reticent
/ ˈrɛtɪsənt /
adjective
- not open or communicative; not saying all that one knows; taciturn; reserved
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Derived Forms
- ˈreticently, adverb
- ˈreticence, noun
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Other Words From
- reti·cence reti·cen·cy noun
- reti·cent·ly adverb
- non·reti·cent adjective
- non·reti·cent·ly adverb
- un·reti·cent adjective
- un·reti·cent·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of reticent1
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Example Sentences
When asked to evaluate his own work, Leigh was a little more reticent.
When it comes to his own role in the story, Tomlinson is surprisingly reticent.
Back home in New Orleans, Donovan is reticent and Pleasant is reflective, but neither man fit in.
President James Madison, at the time closely allied with Thomas Jefferson, was not reticent about discussing wealth inequality.
And, unlike most of the men on this show, that small fact has made him reticent to start a relationship with his new protégé.
Jim, however, proved to be much more reticent than his friends deemed either necessary or agreeable.
Indeed, earlier that morning he had been closely questioned by the commandant, but had been equally reticent.
Laura was inclined to be reticent, but Tanqueray drew her out by congratulating her on her popularity, on the way she kept it up.
Some of the foot pedestrians are said to have been less reticent about the lamp-posts.
But we all know that this is a subject on which scientific men are apt to be reticent.
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