reticent
/ˈrɛt ə sənt/ adjectif C2En français : réticent, hésitant
- Unwilling to communicate; keeping one's thoughts and opinions to oneself; reserved or restrained. · She's rather reticent on the subject of her finances.
- Hesitant or not wanting to take some action; reluctant (usually followed by a verb in the infinitive). · He is reticent to travel so much.
Dans la bibliothèque
It was remarked sometimes, however, by those who knew them best, that the confidence between the two did not appear to be complete, since the wife was either very reticent about her husband’s past life, or else, as seemed more likely, was imperfectly informed about it.
Douglas was a reticent man, and there were some chapters in his life of which he never spoke.
Why should she have been so reticent at the time of the tragedy?
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