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Word entry · 8 letters

retiring

Best crossword clue

"Leaving work life"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ɹəˈtaɪ(ə)ɹɪŋ/Part of speech adjectiveSorted egiinrrtStarts with REnds with G1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. reluctant to draw attention to yourself

Used in a sentence

  • I don't really know him well, since he's so shy and retiring.
  • My uncle, as I can remember, was retiring in his disposition, scarcely ever visiting any one and not more frequently receiving any visitors.
  • Lester was in the thick of social and commercial affairs; he walked in paths to which Jennie's retiring soul had never aspired.

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