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reclusive (iou)



reclusive adjective. L16.
[from RECLUSE verb + -IVE.]
Living in, preferring, or characterized by seclusion or isolation, esp. as a religious discipline.
E. Pawel The reclusive scholar in his monk's cell. A. Brookner Naturally reclusive, she found it unsurprising that people left her. C. Peters He..lived..in the country in increasingly reclusive simplicity.
reclusively adverb M20.
reclusiveness noun L20.