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re·served

(rĭ-zûrvd′)

adj.

1. Designated as unavailable except for a certain purpose or user; kept in reserve: a row of reserved seats near the stage.

2. Given to or marked by self-restraint and reticence: a reserved person.

re·serv′ed·ly (-zûr′vĭd-lē) adv.

re·serv′ed·ness n.

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Adv.

reservedly - with reserve; in a reserved manner

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reservedly

[rɪˈzɜːvɪdlɪ] ADV → con reserva

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reservedly

adv → zurückhaltend, reserviert

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My sincere anxiety to see that happy prospect realized to which your letter alludes has caused me to write far less reservedly than I might otherwise have written.

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Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.

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Critique: Impressively informed and informative, this 'real world practical' instruction guide and manual for achieving an extended life span is strongly and reservedly recommended for personal, community, and academic library Health & Medicine collections.

Buddha and Einstein Walk Into a Bar

The answers may variously be hilarious, reservedly defiant or downright devastating, but are always thought-provoking and utterly compelling.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: Confronting Exclusion in You Can't Ask That

"The final outcome and expression of Absolute Mind is the truth of the Absolute revealed in and through philosophy." (14) Further states, "Philosophical exposition, faithfully following its insight into the nature of speculative truth must retain the dialectical form and exclude everything which is not grasped conceptually and is conception." (15) Obviously this seems to be an unobtainable state since as Po points out reservedly, how can be Mind find itself since it is already there?

DIFFICULTIES IN INORGANIC AND ORGANIC MEASUREMENT OF ENERGY: INFLUENCES OF MIND (INTENTION OR YI) AND NATURE IN OUTCOME

With the quiet shift in the re-alignment of forces inside Syria whilst accepting a role for Russia in the war-torn country, the US policy makers may also be reservedly nudging, albeit passively, the Syrian tragedy closer to a diplomatic solution.

Dramatic shifts in the balance of Middle East power

She formally takes her position as a polite conversationalist (lines 2 and 4), yet only reservedly and without a smile.

Dementia, Positioning and the Narrative Self

His works are triggered by the qualities of his jewelry: exquisite, restrained, minimalist, pared-down and reservedly elegant.

visual arts

The European Commission has also spoken reservedly about the gas pipeline project.

Nord Stream 2 tells Ventspils port pipeline project will be implemented without Latvia

While Spengeman is reservedly optimistic that a GOP-controlled government might break partisanship around the climate issue, she and others recognize their work becomes more difficult with Trump in the White House.

Determined to move forward: at COP22 and on Capitol Hill, faith groups step up climate efforts

When Cook made it to five figures, he reservedly shook the hand of his opening partner Alex Hales and sheepishly raised his bat to the pavilion.