All 5 Uses of
reticent
in
Gone with the Wind
- Ellen never would, or could, quite become one of them—she had left too much of herself in Savannah—but she respected them and, in time, learned to admire the frankness and forthrightness of these people, who had few reticences and who valued a man for what he was.†
Chpt 1.3
- This was the answer to Ashley's reticence,
Chpt 1.4 *reticence = reluctance
- But Mrs. Tarleton had no such reticences.†
Chpt 1.5
- Years before, he had so insulted her that now Miss Pitty never spoke of him except in guarded whispers and with so great reticence that a stranger would have thought the honest old lawyer a murderer, at the least.†
Chpt 2.8
- Leave us some dignity, some reticence to remember out of our marriage.†
Chpt 5.63
Definition:
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(reticent) reluctant -- especially to speak freelyeditor's notes: Synonym Comparison (if you're into word choice):
Consider using taciturn rather than reticent when the reluctance to speak is a general disposition rather than a short-term situation brought about by particular circumstance.