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Word entry · 8 letters

reticent

Best crossword clue

"Quietly reserved"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈɹɛtɪsənt/Part of speech adjectiveSorted ceeinrttStarts with REnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
1R2E3T4I5C6E7N8T

Definitions

  1. reluctant to draw attention to yourself

Used in a sentence

  • She's rather reticent on the subject of her finances.
  • They are slow and reticent, and are like a dull good horse which lets every nag pass him, but with whip and spur will run down every racer in the field.
  • She had told him she was not now at Marlott, but had been curiously reticent as to her actual address, and the only course was to go to Marlott and inquire for it.

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