'Reservedness' definitions:
Definition of 'Reservedness'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Restrained from freedom in words or actions; backward, or cautious, in communicating one's thoughts and feelings; not free or frank. [1913 Webster]
- To all obliging, yet reserved to all. --Walsh. [1913 Webster]
- Nothing reserved or sullen was to see. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] -- {Re*serv"ed*ly} (r?-z?rv"?d-l?), adv. -- {Re*serv"ed*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]