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Reticent

Reticent Meaning & Definition
Reticent Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Reticent?

[adj] reluctant to draw attention to yourself
[adj] cool and formal in manner
[adj] temperamentally disinclined to talk

Synonyms | Synonyms for Reticent: reserved | restrained | self-effacing | taciturn | unassertive | undemonstrative | unemotional | untalkative

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Reticent In Webster's Dictionary

\Ret"i*cent\, a. [L. reticens, p. pr. of reticere to keep silence; re- + tacere to be silent. See {Tacit}.] Inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative.

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