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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. withdrawn from society; seeking solitude;
- Example: "lived an unsocial reclusive life"
[syn: recluse, reclusive, withdrawn]

2. providing privacy or seclusion;
- Example: "the cloistered academic world of books"
- Example: "sat close together in the sequestered pergola"
- Example: "sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree"
- Example: "a secluded romantic spot"
[syn: cloistered, reclusive, secluded, sequestered]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Reclusive \Re*clu"sive\ (r[-e]*kl[=u]"s[i^]v), a.
   1. Affording retirement from society. "Some reclusive and
      religious life." --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Disposed to avoid the company of other people; living like
      a recluse[1]; not sociable; -- of people.
      [PJC]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

reclusive
    adj 1: withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an
           unsocial reclusive life" [syn: 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           withdrawn]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" [syn: cloistered, reclusive,
       secluded, sequestered]