ADJECTIVE: "showing reluctance to make a definite commitment" Crossword Clue

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ADJECTIVE: "showing reluctance to make a definite commitment" Crossword Answer

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(adjective)
1. affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way
2. modestly or warily rejecting approaches or overtures

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

COMMITMENT (noun)
1. a message that makes a pledge
2. the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose
RELUCTANCE (noun)
1. a certain degree of unwillingness
2. (physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance)

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