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adj. Shy and reserved; modest.

adj. Shy, introverted, liking privacy.

adj. About to retire.

v. Present participle of retire.

adj. Reserved; shy; not forward or obtrusive

adj. Of or pertaining to retirement; causing retirement; suited to, or belonging to, retirement.

Departing; retreating; going out of sight or notice.

Fond of retirement; disposed to seclusion; shrinking from society or publicity; reserved.

Unobtrusive; modest; quiet; subdued: as, a person of retiring manners.

Granted to or suitable for one who retires, as from public employment or service.

Synonyms and Coy, bashful, diffident, shy.

adj. reluctant to draw attention to yourself

adj. of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office

adj. not arrogant or presuming

"Eleven o'clock had struck some half-hour ago, and the elder Steffinks began to throw out suggestions leading up to that process which they called retiring for the night."

unassertive    outgoing    modest   

reserved    shy    modest   

retire   

acquiring    admiring    aspiring    conspiring    desiring    expiring    firing    hiring    inquiring    inspiring