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English Dictionary: reservedness by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reserved \Re*served"\ (-z?rvd"), a.
      1. Kept for future or special use, or for an exigency; as,
            reserved troops; a reserved seat in a theater.
  
      2. 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[?]-z[?]rv"[?]d-l[?]), adv. --
            {Re*serv"ed*ness}, n.
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