单词 | reserveful |
释义 | reservefuladj. rare. Full of reserve or restraint. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > restrained or moderate behaviour > [adjective] > suppressed or restrained suppressed1536 retent1568 self-restrained1700 buttoned-up1767 self-restraining1777 self-repressed1814 reserveful1827 self-repressing1849 withheld1914 1827 R. Montgomery in R. Dagley Death's Doings (ed. 2) II. 338 Few are his words—in them the wily tone Conveys reserveful dread. 1886 Q. Rev. Apr. 468 The reserveful simplicity with which he comments upon his own [services]. 1909 South in Building of Nation (Southern Hist. Publ. Soc.) IX. 67 In spite of his passion he was not given to violent gesticulation, relying on devices of reserveful art. 1932 Daily Messenger (Canandaigua, N.Y.) 5 Dec. 2/1 This Army team..was..more experienced and more reserveful. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1827 |
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