reticent.
Unwilling to communicate; keeping one's thoughts and opinions to oneself; reserved or restrained.
Meaning & usage
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.
Where this word comes from
Latin reticēns, present participle of reticeō (“to keep silence”).
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