retiring en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ɹəˈtaɪ(ə)ɹɪŋ/
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Meanings
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introverted, liking privacy and seclusion.
Lester was in the thick of social and commercial affairs; he walked in paths to which Jennie's retiring soul had never aspired.
1911, Theodore Dreiser, chapter LX, in Jennie Gerhardt:I don't really know him well, since he's so shy and retiring.
My uncle, as I can remember, was retiring in his disposition, scarcely ever visiting any one and not more frequently receiving any visitors.
1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley, page 10:
Deriveds
nonretiring · retiring room · retiringness · retiringly
Translations (5)
el απομακρυσμένος (preferring their own company, liking privacy) · bg необщителен (preferring their own company, liking privacy) · mi ngākau tōngā (preferring their own company, liking privacy) · mi hūnguengue (preferring their own company, liking privacy) · bg затворен (preferring their own company, liking privacy)