He is reticent and he never speaks unless spoken to.
Source: tatoeba (303974)
Reticent
/ˈɹɛtɪsənt/
Synonyms for "reticent" (123 found)
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Adjective(9 words)
Adjective(2 words)
Noun(6 words)
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Noun(5 words)
Adjective(20 words)
quietquiet atmospherequiet groupquiet personreservedrestrainedretiringsecretiveself-effacingshy personshyershyestsilentersilentesttaciturntimiderunemotionalunforthcomingunsocialuntalkative
Adjective(5 words)
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4 entriesCollocations
6 entriesreticent about detailsreticent about disclosingreticent attitudereticent in interviewsreticent participantreticent stance
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3 entriesSample sentences
13 total sentences available.
We have been reticent, or maybe just slow, or maybe we’ve denied the changes that are going on. And so we’ve been slow to react to them. We haven’t been proactive. We’ve been reactive.
Source: tatoeba (8185327)
While surgical masks are not so unusual in Asian countries, they are conspicuous in Western ones where people might be reticent to use them.
Source: tatoeba (8495748)
They are slow and reticent, and are like a dull good horse which lets every nag pass him, but with whip and spur will run down every racer in the field.
Source: wiktionary
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