Synonyms: guarded, restrained
Definition: prudent
Usage: guarded optimism
Similar words: cautious
Definition: showing careful forethought
Usage: reserved and cautious; never making swift decisions; a cautious driver
Synonyms: unemotional, restrained, reticent
Definition: cool and formal in manner
Similar words: undemonstrative
Definition: not given to open expression of emotion
Synonyms: restrained, quiet
Definition: not showy or obtrusive
Usage: clothes in quiet good taste
Similar words: unostentatious, unpretending, unpretentious
Definition: not ostentatious
Usage: his unostentatious office; unostentatious elegance
Synonyms: restrained
Definition: under restraint
Similar words: close
Definition: strictly confined or guarded
Usage: kept under close custody
Similar words: low-key, low-keyed, subdued
Definition: restrained in style or quality
Usage: a little masterpiece of low-keyed eloquence
Similar words: unexpansive
Definition: not given to high spirits or effusiveness
Usage: an unexpansive man
Synonyms: moderate, restrained
Definition: marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes
Usage: moderate in his demands; restrained in his response
Similar words: temperate
Definition: not extreme in behavior
Usage: temperate in his habits; a temperate response to an insult; temperate in his eating and drinking