reserved
English
    
    Pronunciation
    
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈzɝvd/
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- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈzɜːvd/
- Hyphenation: re‧served
Adjective
    
reserved (comparative more reserved, superlative most reserved)
- (comparable) Slow to reveal emotion or opinions.
- He was a quiet, reserved person.
 - 1942 July-August, Chas. S. Lake, “Some C.M.Es. I Have Known: II—C. J. Bowen Cooke”, in Railway Magazine, page 223:- Before I met Mr. Bowen Cooke I had been given to understand that he was of a reserved nature, and on occasion could be a "bit of a martinet"; [...].
 
 
- (not comparable) Set aside for a particular person or purpose.
- I'm sorry, sir, but these are reserved seats.
 - 1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed:- A special reserved enclosure with sandbags and a corrugated iron roof was set aside for three members of the Royal Family.
 
 
Synonyms
    
- See also Thesaurus:taciturn
Derived terms
    
Translations
    
slow to reveal emotion or opinions
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set aside for a particular person or purpose
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