introverted

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Never Eat Alone is far superior for teaching the fundamentals of how to network and build relationships - I suspect that book's author to be highly introverted, which is actually a good thing for an introvert learning how to build such relationships.

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  1. adjective Marked by interest in or preoccupation with oneself or one's own thoughts as opposed to others or the environment; shy or reserved.

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  • Mrs. Bradley would have said that the suicide was entirely incomprehensible but for the evidence of the diary, which revealed its author as antisocial, introverted, and somewhat defeatist by nature. —  When Last I Died - Gladys Mitchell - Bradley 13: 1941
  • But some of the best seem to have become a bit too much introverted--isn't that the filthy word? —  SICK HEART RIVER
  • Shy and introverted, the only child of a shrew of a mother, overprotected and hovered over. —  EQMM, November 2006
  • Refined, introverted, mysteriously chilled, my new $200 tile of technology lay supine on a side table, gulping power from the wall. —  news | WM | http://www.starnewsonline.com
  • He remembers being shy and introverted, and a self-professed "goodie goodie".
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