Forward
Forward adjective - Showing a lack of proper social reserve or modesty.
Usage example: a stranger so forward as to ask what medication he was taking and what it was for
Retiring
Retiring adjective - Not comfortable around people.
Usage example: one retiring young girl was sitting alone quietly in a corner during the party
Both words in one sentence
- And Minerva's warnings of destruction speak of an event that will happen far into the future, so there's nothing Ezio himself can do about it in his lifetime, and he's quite looking forward to retiring to Monterrigioni and living the rest of his life in peace with his family.
Source: Heroic Neutral -
Confidential manages to more or less fix the mess he's turned his life into, patch up his differences with his wife and is looking forward to retiring in a couple of weeks... so, naturally, he catches a bullet in the face.
Source: Retirony
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