| 词汇 | reticently |
| 释义 | reticently adverb formaluk /ˈret.ɪ.sənt.li/ us /ˈret̬.ə.sənt.li/ in a way that shows that you are unwilling to do something or talk about something, for example because you are nervous or being careful: 沉默寡言地;不愿交谈地 "I was a prisoner," he said reticently.“我曾是个囚犯，”他默默地说道。 Phil spoke reticently.菲尔缄默地说。 See reticent She began reticently but grew in warmth and confidence. She peered reticently through the window. The small boy reticently climbed into the doctor's chair. Not saying much a few well-chosen wordsidiom abruptly abruptness boo briefly cat concisely conciseness crisp gnomic incommunicative laconic laconically monosyllabic monosyllabically not say booidiom pithily quietness reticent taciturn You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Shy and modest Examples of reticentlyreticently In the emptiness there was something touching, something reticently satisfying. From Project Gutenberg She smiled, intelligently but reticently. From Project Gutenberg These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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