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English Dictionary: reclusive by the DICT Development Group
2 results for reclusive
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reclusive
adj
  1. withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an unsocial reclusive life"
    Synonym(s): recluse, reclusive, withdrawn
  2. 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"
    Synonym(s): cloistered, reclusive, secluded, sequestered
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reclusive \Re*clu"sive\, a.
      Affording retirement from society. [bd]Some reclusive and
      religious life.[b8] --Shak.
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