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reticently

ADVERB
  1. with reticence; in a reticent manner
    she answered the questions reticently

How To Use reticently In A Sentence

  • 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. The Keeper of Curiosities
  • Haskil plays the two concertos intimately but not reticently.
  • she answered the questions reticently
  • There is no clear win for the United States in Iraq, which even McCain reticently admits. Linda Milazzo: Lieberman and McCain's Desired Escalation Could Result in the Next World War
  • It was remarkable to see this young girl walk reticently on stage, sit at the piano and begin to play so naturally, confidently and without any interference to the musical flow.
  • For when Eleanor, who used English so reticently, said The Years
  • Whether she wore a low middy collar or dressed reticently for school in a black suit with a high-necked blouse, she was airy, flippant. Main Street
  • The Anglicans are the only church to offer condoms to parishioners, and even they seemed to do it reticently. Boing Boing: November 28, 2004 - December 4, 2004 Archives
  • This is an opera that definitely sings, but perhaps too reticently for those bred on Verdi, Puccini, and Wagner.
  • He looked at me, smiling reticently, and said, ‘I'll pick you up at 7.’
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