Reticent
Crossword Clue and Answers
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This clue in was most recently seen in the wild in Irish Independent - Simple.
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Publications
- Irish Independent - Simple - Wednesday, 13 Jan 2021
- Irish Independent - Simple - Friday, 8 Jan 2021
- Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Thursday, 13 Aug 2020
- The Guardian Quick - Thursday, 2 May 2019
- The New York Times Crossword - Tuesday, 9 Oct 2018
- The Guardian Quick - Tuesday, 9 Oct 2018
Crossword Answers
3 letters
SHY
A quick throw; "he gave the ball a shy to the first baseman"
COY
Showing marked and often playful or irritating evasiveness or reluctance to make a definite or committing statement; "a politician coy about his intentions"
5 letters
ALOOF
Remote in manner; "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a distant smile"; "he was upstage with strangers"
QUIET
A disposition free from stress or emotion
TERSE
Brief and to the point; effectively cut short; "a crisp retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the laconic reply; `yes'"; "short and terse and easy to understand"
7 letters
GUARDED
Prudent; "guarded optimism"
8 letters
TACITURN
Habitually reserved and uncommunicative
RETIRING
Of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office; "a retiring member of the board"
RESERVED
Marked by self-restraint and reticence; "was habitually reserved in speech, withholding her opinion"-Victoria Sackville-West
9 letters
SECRETIVE
Inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information; "although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it"
10 letters
RESTRAINED
Marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes; "moderate in his demands"; "restrained in his response"
11 letters
UNEMOTIONAL
Unsusceptible to or destitute of or showing no emotion
UNTALKATIVE
Temperamentally disinclined to talk
CONSTRAINED
Lacking spontaneity; not natural; "a constrained smile"; "forced heartiness"; "a strained smile"
12 letters
CLOSEMOUTHED
Inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information; "although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it"
SELFEFFACING