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Adjective: reticent  re-ti-sunt
  1. Temperamentally disinclined to talk
    - untalkative
     
  2. Cool and formal in manner
    - restrained, unemotional
     
  3. Reluctant to draw attention to yourself
    - self-effacing, retiring

See also: reticence, reticently, taciturn, unassertive, undemonstrative

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