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simple past and past participle of reserve examples
comparative more reserved, superlative most reserved
(comparable) Slow to reveal emotion or opinions. quotations examples
Before I met Mr. Bowen Cooke I had been given to understand that he was of a reserved nature, and on occasion could be a "bit of a martinet"; [...].
1942 July-August, Chas. S. Lake, “Some C.M.Es. I Have Known: II—C. J. Bowen Cooke”, in Railway Magazine, page 223
(not comparable) Set aside for a particular person or purpose. quotations examples
A special reserved enclosure with sandbags and a corrugated iron roof was set aside for three members of the Royal Family.
1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed