reticentadjective
uk/ˈret.ɪ.sənt/us/ˈret̬.ə.sənt/formalunwilling to speak about your thoughts or feelings:
He is very reticent about his past.
Most of the students were reticent about answering questions.
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Not saying much
- a man/woman of few words idiom
- brevity
- brief
- briefly
- cat
- concise
- crisp
- curt
- few
- has the cat got your tongue? idiom
- laconic
- not waste words idiom
- pithy
- quietly
- taut
- terse
- wall
- walls have ears idiom
- waste
- well chosen
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Shy and modest
reticence
noun [ U ] uk/ˈret.ɪ.səns/us/ˈret̬.ə.səns/
His reticence about his past made them very suspicious.
reticently
adverb uk/ˈret.ɪ.sənt.li/us/ˈret̬.ə.sənt.li/