reticently

1. 1.

   with reticence; in a reticent manner

   “she answered the questions reticently”

Questions about reticently

What does reticently mean?

reticently means "with reticence; in a reticent manner".

How many syllables are in reticently?

reticently has 4 syllables: re-ti-cent-ly. The stress falls on "ti".

Is reticently a common word?

reticently is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.