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Reclusive   /rɪklˈusɪv/  /riklˈusɪv/   Listen
Reclusive

adjective
1.
Withdrawn from society; seeking solitude.  Synonyms: recluse, withdrawn.
2.
Providing privacy or seclusion.  Synonyms: cloistered, secluded, sequestered.  "Sat close together in the sequestered pergola" , "Sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree" , "A secluded romantic spot"



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... ceased altogether. He was seldom seen either below in his cabin or on deck. He could not be induced to take his meals regularly, and took to shutting himself up in his stateroom. A dangerous form of melancholia held him in fetters, so that when friendly visitors called to see him his reclusive mood forbade any intercourse with even men who ...
— The Shellback's Progress - In the Nineteenth Century • Walter Runciman


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