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reclusive::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cloistered, secluded, sequestered |
| Derivation | reclusiveness |
sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree.
Examples of reclusive
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Few biographical details are clear about the reclusive, raven-haired songstress.
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It was the first time the reclusive general had met with a senior U.S. official.
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After a solo run, the reclusive Sly Stone went into semi-retirement around 1987.
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He was a reclusive man who for years paid himself the spartan salary of $10,000.
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I'm sure you'll find that there are other women with equally reclusive husbands.
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The reclusive Short is expected to maintain an extremely low profile as chairman.
From the guardian.co.uk
Unlike the reticent, reclusive Beckett, however, Borges is personally accessible.
From the time.com
The reclusive military council chief had not met a senior U.S. official before.
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Henry Darger lived what appeared to be a simple, if reclusive, life into his 80s.
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- Recluse: withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an unsocial reclusive life"
- Cloistered: providing privacy or seclusion; "the cloistered academic world of books"; "sat close together in the sequestered pergola"; "sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree"; "a secluded romantic spot"
- (reclusiveness) a disposition to prefer seclusion or isolation
- A recluse is someone in isolation who hides away from the attention of the public, a person who lives in solitude, i.e. seclusion from intercourse with the world. The word is from the Latin recludere, which means "shut up" or "sequester".
- Of, characterized by, or preferring privacy and isolation; secluded
- (reclusiveness) The state or characteristic of being reclusive
- (reclusion) Life as a recluse
- (adj) preferring to live in isolation
- Withdrawn, hermit-like
