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Webster 1913 Edition

(-z?rvd′)

Adj.

Kept for future or special use, or for an exigency;

as,

reserved

troops; a

reserved

seat in a theater

Restrained from freedom in words or actions; backward, or cautious, in communicating one’s thoughts and feelings; not free or frank.

To all obliging, yet

reserved

to all.

Walsh.

Nothing

reserved

or sullen was to see.

Dryden.

–

Re-serv′ed-ly

(r[GREEK]-z[GREEK]rv′[GREEK]d-l[GREEK])

adv.

–

Re-serv′ed-ness

Noun.

pp.

Kept for another or future use; retained.

a. Restrained from freedom in words or actions; backward in conversation; not free or frank.

To all obliging, yet reserv'd to all.

Nothing reserv'd or sullen was to see.