Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a reserved manner; with reserve; without openness or frankness; cautiously; coldly.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb In a reserved manner.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb with reserve; in a reserved manner

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word reservedly.

Examples

  • to say nothing of their abuse of law and rule face it, for every example of a "benevolent," and I use that term reservedly, monarch, there's 10 others that are really, really bad.

    FISA in One Syllable Words. Rogers 2006

  • Well, folks, I'd say this woman (and I use the word reservedly) can live for a year or so on all that blubber.

    The Sudden Curve: 2005

  • Well, folks, I'd say this woman (and I use the word reservedly) can live for a year or so on all that blubber.

    BWAHAHAHA!!! 2005

  • Former Richmond player Mal Brown says he apologises only "reservedly" for what he maintains was intended as a humorous description of Aboriginal footballers as cannibals.

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010

  • Former Richmond player Mal Brown says he apologises only "reservedly" for what he maintains was intended as a humorous description of Aboriginal footballers as cannibals.

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010

  • Even so, his mother did her best to respect her son's wishes by dressing more reservedly, not to mention uncomfortably in the summer heat, in Orthodox fashion, and creating a more kosher kitchen, one that adhered to the laws from biblical days.

    Carol Hoenig: A Mother's Love Versus Her Sons' Religious Demands Carol Hoenig 2010

  • Even so, his mother did her best to respect her son's wishes by dressing more reservedly, not to mention uncomfortably in the summer heat, in Orthodox fashion, and creating a more kosher kitchen, one that adhered to the laws from biblical days.

    Carol Hoenig: A Mother's Love Versus Her Sons' Religious Demands Carol Hoenig 2010

  • Even so, his mother did her best to respect her son's wishes by dressing more reservedly, not to mention uncomfortably in the summer heat, in Orthodox fashion, and creating a more kosher kitchen, one that adhered to the laws from biblical days.

    Carol Hoenig: A Mother's Love Versus Her Sons' Religious Demands Carol Hoenig 2010

  • Even so, his mother did her best to respect her son's wishes by dressing more reservedly, not to mention uncomfortably in the summer heat, in Orthodox fashion, and creating a more kosher kitchen, one that adhered to the laws from biblical days.

    Carol Hoenig: A Mother's Love Versus Her Sons' Religious Demands Carol Hoenig 2010

  • Even so, his mother did her best to respect her son's wishes by dressing more reservedly, not to mention uncomfortably in the summer heat, in Orthodox fashion, and creating a more kosher kitchen, one that adhered to the laws from biblical days.

    Carol Hoenig: A Mother's Love Versus Her Sons' Religious Demands Carol Hoenig 2010

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.