reservedness

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reservedness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Reserved \Re*served"\ (-z?rvd"), a.
     1. Kept for future or special use, or for an exigency; as,
        reserved troops; a reserved seat in a theater.
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     2. 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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              To all obliging, yet reserved to all. --Walsh.
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              Nothing reserved or sullen was to see. --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster] -- Re*serv"ed*ly (r?-z?rv"?d-l?), adv. --
        Re*serv"ed*ness, n.
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