2. Hence, to keep in store for future or special use; to
withhold from present use for another purpose or time; to
keep; to retain. --Gen. xxvii. 35.
Hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, which I
have reserved against the time of trouble? --Job
xxxviii.
22,23.
Reserve your kind looks and language for private
hours. --Swift.
3. To make an exception of; to except. [R.]
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.