Meaning and example
temperamentally disinclined to talk
The passage used "reticent" to mean temperamentally disinclined to talk.
Plain-English interpretation
A prevalence score of 1.097 places reticent in the uncommon range on this site. In practical terms, the word was recognized by about 86.7% of people in the source dataset.
Related words
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Similar-prevalence words
ostensibleUncommon
- Known by
- 87%
appearing as such but not necessarily so
perfunctoryUncommon
- Known by
- 86.4%
hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
repleteUncommon
- Known by
- 86.3%
fill to satisfaction
nonplussedUncommon
- Known by
- 86.2%
filled with bewilderment
abscondUncommon
- Known by
- 87.4%
run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
Source attribution
Brysbaert, M., Mandera, P., McCormick, S. F., & Keuleers, E. (2019). Word prevalence norms for 62,000 English lemmas. Behavior Research Methods, 51, 467-479.
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