reticently

1 The discouragements of such a task must be immense; indeed, they peep through the narrative, reticently enough, for grousing habits are not in the equipment of this staunch and cheery young parson.

2 They conducted their duties humbly and reticently, with a minimum of fuss, and went to great lengths not to antagonize anyone.

3 I have never walked in a garden which seemed to keep itself so reticently within its own severe and gracious limits.

4 They faced their day of reckoning for the wretched mess McClaren and his players had made of their Euro 2008 qualification campaign with glum faces and reticently expressed contrition.

5 … his friends and associates are conspicuously reticent to discuss him in public.

6 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.

7 If there was any regret at parting with any one at Corindah, Pollie availed herself of one of the sex's weapons, and reticently made no sign.

8 her husband is by nature a reticent person, and she resigned herself to that fact long ago

9 He had behaved so honourably, so reticently, in all that had happened that she was determined not to believe aught to his discredit.

10 An extremely reticent man, Morris does not like to talk about his experience in personal terms.

11 There are currently 76 million American baby boomers inching reticently in its direction.

12 Another reticently turns his back and looks off to the side, as if he’s uninterested in returning the photographer’s gaze.

13 Tall, reticently good-looking and well, if inconspicuously, clothed and groomed, he by no means seemed the typical detective that the editor had spoken of so scornfully.

14 Apple is traditionally reticent to confirm any of its future plans.

15 Russia would be reticent to use such a weapon, given that many of its own satellites would probably be destroyed, as well.

16 In the emptiness there was something touching, something reticently satisfying.

17 "It is horrible; one doesn't like to think of it," Gifford said reticently.

18 "Breboeuf will give you figures," replied he, reticently, for the struggle had proved grave.

19 The work of the Beroviero family is large and splendid in form, exquisite and sometimes elaborate in model, mostly crystal glass reticently studded with tiny colored gem-like knobs.

20 … two or three rather reticent abstract paintings.

1 矜持地

reservedly

2 沉默寡言

close buttoned-up uncommunicative taciturn unvocal reticence taciturnity tight lipped

3 严谨

tight-laced religious exact scientific precise meticulous puritan scrupulous mid-Victorian precisely narrowly rigorously soberly punctually fastidiously restraint punctuality religiousness fastidiousness scrupulosity rigorousness severeness soberize stiff as a ramrod

4 严谨地

precisely narrowly rigorously soberly punctually fastidiously

5 矜持

reserved reservedly

6 有保留地

reservedly