Reserved
[rɪ'zɜːvd] or [rɪ'zɝvd]
Definition
(adj.) marked by self-restraint and reticence; 'was habitually reserved in speech, withholding her opinion'-Victoria Sackville-West .
(adj.) set aside for the use of a particular person or party .
Edited by Harold--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Reserve
(a.) Kept for future or special use, or for an exigency; as, reserved troops; a reserved seat in a theater.
(a.) Restrained from freedom in words or actions; backward, or cautious, in communicating one's thoughts and feelings; not free or frank.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Restrained, backward, cautious, cold, incommunicative, unsociable, unsocial.[2]. Shy, bashful, coy, diffident, taciturn, modest, demure.
Checker: Nathan
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Backwardness, cold, silent, cautious, unsociable, sly, bashful,[SeeFRIGID_and_SLY]
Edited by Lizzie
Definition
adj. characterised by reserve: not free or frank in words or behaviour: shy: cold.—adv. Reser′vedly.—ns. Reser′vedness; Reser′ver.—Reserved case a sin the power to absolve from which is reserved to the pope or his legate &c.; Reserved list formerly a list of officers on half-pay who might be called upon in an emergency; Reserved power a reservation made in deeds &c.; Reserved powers (U.S.) powers pertaining to sovereignty but not delegated to a representative body.
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Examples
- A brilliant liter ary man of the present day considers that places in the first ranks of literature are reserved for the doctrinally heterodox. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- One cannot love a reserved person. Jane Austen. Emma.
- I didn't know,' remarked Mr Fledgeby, trying a new part of his chair, 'but that Lammle might be reserved about his affairs. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Do not you know she calls every one reserved who does not talk as fast, and admire what she admires as rapturously as herself? Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- However, Lord Graham is rather reserved; _mais ne méprisez pas les personnes froides; elles ont leurs bons c?tés. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- If it is employed in procuring present enjoyment, it is a stock reserved for immediate consumption. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- She was disgustingly, was suspiciously reserved. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Eustacia was reserved, and lived very much to herself. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- If I am reserved to wear a wig, I am at least prepared, externally,' in allusion to his baldness, 'for that distinction. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The first is that portion which is reserved for immediate consumption, and of which the characteristic is, that it affords no revenue or profit. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- He was at the same time haughty, reserved, and fastidious, and his manners, though well-bred, were not inviting. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- In the last degree constrained, reserved, diffident, troubled. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I have reserved one of the pigeons raw, that you may see in what state it arrived. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Why am I reserved for this? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- You can't sit with us, for our seats are reserved, and you mustn't sit alone, so Laurie will give you his place, and that will spoil our pleasure. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Perdita, even where she loved, was reserved and timid; Idris was frank and confiding. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- For the moment of utmost mutinyhe reserved the one deep spell of peace. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- His plan was to create a national telephone system, and so he confined each of his agents to one place, and reserved all rights to connect one city with another. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- And that's our cool, reserved, and worldly Amy! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Mr. Sleary was reserved until the last. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- She struck me as a woman of very violent passions, combined with an extremely shy and reserved disposition. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- From what he said of Miss Darcy I was thoroughly prepared to see a proud, reserved, disagreeable girl. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- That was reserved for another people of a ncient times, namely, the Greeks. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- But Lizzy, you have been very sly, very reserved with me. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- He is reserved. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Mr. Pickwick alone was silent and reserved. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- A little reserved at times; but I will say extremely gentlemanly. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- But I have never, in all my experience, seen her so strange and so reserved as she is now. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- But for thee is reserved a long and lingering death, to which theirs were luxury. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- He was rather reserved, but I thought him very sensible and agreeable. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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