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reservedness Definition


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reserved
adj
    1. Kept back, set aside or destined for a particular use or for a particular person.
      Thesaurus: set aside, earmarked, retained, intended, meant, restricted, bound, designated.
    2. Said of a hotel room, a table in a restaurant, etc: booked or ordered in advance.
      Thesaurus: set aside, taken, booked, engaged, spoken for.
    3. Said of a person or their manner: cool, distant or restrained; diffident or reticent.
      Thesaurus: cool, aloof, formal, unsociable, restrained, shy, diffident, cold, retiring, stand-offish; reticent, close-mouthed, uncommunicative, taciturn, demure, unforthcoming, unresponsive; Antonym: friendly, outgoing.
Derivative: reservedly
adverb
    Derivative: reservedness
    noun
      Etymology: 16c: from reserve.



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