Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Seeking or preferring seclusion or isolation.
- adjective Providing seclusion.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Affording retirement from society; recluse.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Affording retirement from society.
- adjective Disposed to avoid the company of other people; living like a recluse{1}; not sociable; -- of people.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, characterized by, or preferring
privacy andisolation ;secluded .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective providing privacy or seclusion
- adjective withdrawn from society; seeking solitude
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Examples
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It was the first public comment by the Loughners – who have been described as reclusive by neighbours – since Saturday's shootings, in which six people were killed and 14 injured during a public meeting in Tucson.
Arizona shooter's family express sorrow as Obama flies into Tucson 2011
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For a group that had been described as reclusive, the Touch had been strangely willing to endure scrutiny by a total stranger.
Blood Test Jonathan Kellerman 1986
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For a group that had been described as reclusive, the Touch had been strangely willing to endure scrutiny by a total stranger.
Blood Test Jonathan Kellerman 1986
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For a group that had been described as reclusive, the Touch had been strangely willing to endure scrutiny bya total stranger.
Blood Test Kellerman, Jonathan 1986
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For a group that had been described as reclusive, the Touch had been strangely willing to endure scrutiny by a total stranger.
Blood Test Jonathan Kellerman 1986
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Those names sound roughly similar to the way neighbours in Bilal Town, a suburb of Abbottabad, referred to the reclusive men who lived next door.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed GRAEME SMITH 2011
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Perelman has been described as a reclusive genius with a history of refusing big prizes.
FOXNews.com 2010
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He is routinely described as a reclusive, shadowy figure because he avoids the limelight, but I know him and he is a straightforward, extremely bright businessman.
Home | Mail Online 2010
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I've always regretted that they had to call the reclusive author in Field of Dreams "Terrence Mann"
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For years, Woody Johnson was known as the reclusive billionaire owner of the Jets.
NYT > Home Page By GREG BISHOP 2010
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