| 释义 |
guardedness|ˈgɑːdɪdnɪs|
[f. guarded ppl. a. + -ness.]
The quality of being guarded (in speech, behaviour, etc.); cautiousness.
1807W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. XXIV. 331 Lessing..tries what his rules permit.. with a guardedness which would not be expected from his tolerance. 1838Dickens Nich. Nick. li, How he had baffled the said Ralph by extreme guardedness of manner and ingenuity of speech. 1895F. Hall Two Trifles 8 What..have all my painstaking guardedness and scrupulous exactness..stood me in stead? |