What is the meaning of the word 'reticent'

reticent - reserved; uncommunicative; inclined to silence


Some sentence examples which use the word 'reticent'

  • Hughes preferred reticent employees to loquacious ones, noting that the formers' dislike of idle chatter might ensure their discretion about his affairs.
  • She seemed strangely reticent about her childhood.
  • He has a very reticent personality.
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