reserved
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Definitions & Usage
simple past and past participle of reserve
(comparable) Slow to reveal emotion or opinions.
(not comparable) Set aside for a particular person or purpose; spoken for.
Notable Literary & Historical Quotes
“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:
“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:
“The LNER website, for example, tries to stop people buying off-peak tickets for services that the company reckons are full, even though there is nothing to prevent people without a seat reservation from getting on a particular service. Indeed, I did so recently on the Inverness midday train, which is a superb service to York, and inevitably there were plenty of reserved seats where the passengers had not turned up.”
— 2024 July 24, Christian Wolmar, “Overcrowded trains... and inconvenience for passengers”, in RAIL, number 1014, page 44: