If you're reserved, you're the opposite of a loudmouth or a cut up: you're polite, you have a lot of self control, and you don't show your feelings.
Kept for future or special use, or for an exigency;
Adjective S.
cool and formal in manner
Adjective
marked by self-restraint and reticence; "was habitually reserved in speech, withholding her opinion"-Victoria Sackville-West
Adjective
set aside for the use of a particular person or party
imp. & p. p.
of Reserve
a.
Kept for future or special use, or for an exigency; as,
reserved troops; a reserved seat in a theater.
a.
Restrained from freedom in words or actions; backward, or
cautious, in communicating one's thoughts and feelings; not free or
frank.
Reserved
To all obliging, yet reserved to all.
Nothing reserved or sullen was to see.--
Kept for future or special use, or for an exigency;
Usage Examples
I really believe that all of us have a lot of darkness in our souls. Anger, rage, fear, sadness. I don't think that's only reserved for people who have horrible upbringings. I think it really exists and is part of the human condition. I think in the course of your life you figure out ways to deal with that.
My dad had a personal style which was very attractive. It was quite reserved and quite elegant, and it was infectious.
The Nautilus was piercing the water with its sharp spur, after having accomplished nearly ten thousand leagues in three months and a half, a distance greater than the great circle of the earth. Where were we going now, and what was reserved for the future?
But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on.
President Bush once said that marriage is a sacred institution and should be reserved for the union of one man and one woman. If this is the case - and most Americans would agree with him on this - then I have to ask: Why is the government at all involved in marrying people?
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Other Usage ExamplesThe hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict.
Humor has been the balm of my life, but it's been reserved for those close to me, not part of the public Lana.
Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.
My mom didn't ever think I would take to acting because I was a very shy, very reserved kind of child. But obviously, something changed!
The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.
The rights of democracy are not reserved for a select group within society, they are the rights of all the people.
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