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Definition of "reticently" []

  • In a reticent manner. (adverb)

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Use "reticently" in a sentence
  • "Now domestic roe farmers have birthed a sustainable caviar industry, winning over, however reticently, the collective palate of the haute-cuisine stratosphere."
  • "Governor Romney has said the right things about the war, but softly and perhaps reticently."
  • "In 2004, she moved halfway around the world to become the assistant director of the Australian Museum in Sydney ("I was ready for a change," she said reticently), before crossing the planet again to start her current job ("An opportunity arose to come lead a great museum") this past September."