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Re·tir·ing
/rəˈtīriNG/
adjective
1.
shy and fond of being on one's own:
"a gentle, retiring person who avoided conflict"
Similar
shy
diffident
bashful
self-effacing
shrinking
unassuming
unassertive
reserved
reticent
quiet
timid
timorous
nervous
modest
demure
coy
meek
humble
private
secret
secretive
withdrawn
reclusive
media-shy
unsociable
rare:
seclusive
eremitic
eremitical
hermitic
anchoritic
Opposite
bold
outgoing
Derivatives
1.
retiringly
adverb
Scrabble Points: 9
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E
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T
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I
1
R
1
I
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N
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G
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