reservedly

Example Sentences

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Yet there emerges a quality by turns bruising and sweet in the depiction of this relationship, Mr. Melling fragile, devoted and desperate for affection until he explodes, Mr. Skarsgård reservedly beautiful but never blank.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

“Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written,” he wrote.

From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2020

But for the others, who’ve reservedly or unabashedly stayed with him, “Song to Song” is entirely worthy and even invigoratingly different from the previous two.

From Washington Times • Mar. 14, 2017

Many people hated it; many others loved it, but reservedly; Lou Reed loved it nearly unreservedly, a stance that now seems vaguely portentous.

From Slate • Dec. 23, 2013

I made new friends of more recent OJTs, but reservedly, because they were almost always gone within a few weeks.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover