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Antonyms for reserved


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ri-zurvd
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈzɜrvd



Definition of reserved

Origin :
  • "guarded" (in manner), c.1600, past participle adjective from reserve (v.). Of seats, tables from 1858.
  • adj silent, unsociable; constrained
  • adj held for future use
Example sentences :
  • This entrance was reserved for the judges, the competitors, and the heralds.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities, Part 2 » by Jennie Hall
  • As he himself meekly intimates, she was reserved for another.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • He was late at the breakfast and silent and reserved throughout that meal.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • Ah, never had she known for what trials the infant had been reserved!
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • The reserved Englishwoman took up Mr Meagles in his last remark.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • But you know what Mr Merdle is; you know how taciturn and reserved he is.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • He was not a reserved man, but a secretive, which is quite a different thing.
  • Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • An ample supply of the fresh venison was reserved to carry with us.
  • Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace
  • He was reserved for the higher counsels, the Counsels of Perfection.
  • Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • Denial explicit or reserved, expressed or left to be inferred, is still a lie.
  • Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens

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