[ adv ] with reserve; in a reserved manner <adv.all>
Reserved \Re*served"\ (-z?rvd"), a. 1. Kept for future or special use, or for an exigency; as, reserved troops; a reserved seat in a theater.
2. Restrained from freedom in words or actions; backward, or cautious, in communicating one's thoughts and feelings; not free or frank.
To all obliging, yet reserved to all. --Walsh.
Nothing reserved or sullen was to see. --Dryden. ※ -- {Re*serv"ed*ly} (r?-z?rv"?d-l?), adv. -- {Re*serv"ed*ness}, n.
Black Americans are now confronted with an accomplished class of people who, instead of reservedly setting the moral tone for the general community, are reluctant to do so.