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Reticent

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Adjective

1. reticent, untalkative

temperamentally disinclined to talk

2. restrained, reticent, unemotional

cool and formal in manner

3. reticent, retiring, self-effacing

reluctant to draw attention to yourself

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Reticent

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adjective
not open or communicative; not saying all that one knows; taciturn; reserved

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Reticent

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adjective
1. 
habitually silent or uncommunicative; disinclined to speak readily; reserved; taciturn
2. 
having a restrained, quiet, or understated quality

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Reticent

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adj.
1. Inclined to keep one's thoughts, feelings, and personal affairs to oneself. See Synonyms at laconic.
2. Restrained or reserved: "The laughter was steady, if reticent" (Bernard Lown).
3. Usage Problem Reluctant; unwilling.

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