— reservedly /ri zerr"vid lee/ , adv. — reservedness , n.
/ri zerrvd"/ , adj.
1. kept or set apart for some particular use or purpose.
2. kept by special arrangement for some person: a reserved seat.
3. formal or self-restrained in manner and relationship; avoiding familiarity or intimacy with others: a quiet, reserved man.
4. characterized by reserve, as the disposition, manner, etc.: reserved comments.
5. retaining the original color of a surface, esp. when decorating portions of the surface with other colors.
[ 1425-75; late ME; see RESERVE, -ED 2 ]
Syn. 3, 4. composed, controlled reticent, constrained, taciturn, withdrawn, distant, cold.