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Meanings of polite reserve in English

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Usage of polite reserve in English
1
At first he was inclined to a polite reserve, but Earwaker's conversation speedily put him more at ease.
Born in Exile
2
The attitude of my new friends toward me was first one of polite reserve, and then that of friendly alliance.
Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography
3
But one evening at dinner I succeeded in piercing the polite reserve of a little Captain who was sitting next to me.
With British Guns in Italy: A Tribute to Italian Achievement
4
That was Strahan's affair and not his, and by a polite reserve, he made the mercurial fellow feel that his affairs were his own.
An Original Belle
5
"If you don't mind," he said with great polite reserve, "I don't think I'll go in."
Dexter Is Dead
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