reserved implies reticence and suggests the restraining influence of caution or formality in checking easy informal conversational exchange.

reserved adjective (KEPT) Reserved tickets, seats, etc. are ones that you have arranged to be kept for you:

RESERVED definition: kept or set apart for some particular use or purpose. See examples of reserved used in a sentence.

Someone who is reserved keeps their feelings hidden. He was unemotional, quite quiet, and reserved. Even though I'm quite a reserved person, I like meeting people.

1. set apart for someone or some particular use or purpose. 2. avoiding familiarity or intimacy with others; formal or self-restrained. 3. characterized by reserve: reserved comments.

RESERVED meaning: 1 : not openly expressing feelings or opinions; 2 : kept for use only by a particular person or group

to keep aside or save by an arrangement in advance: We reserved a room at the hotel. to set apart for a particular use, purpose, service, etc.: reserved certain seats for the elderly.