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re·clu·sive  (r-klsv, -zv)
adj.
1. Seeking or preferring seclusion or isolation.
2. Providing seclusion: a reclusive hut.

re·clusive·ly adv.
re·clusive·ness n.
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Adj.1.reclusive - withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an unsocial reclusive life"
unsocial - not seeking or given to association; being or living without companions; "the unsocial disposition to neglect one's neighbors"
2.reclusive - 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"
private - confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy; "a private place"; "private discussions"; "private lessons"; "a private club"; "a private secretary"; "private property"; "the former President is now a private citizen"; "public figures struggle to maintain a private life"

reclusive
adjective solitary, retiring, withdrawn, isolated, secluded, cloistered, monastic, recluse, ascetic, sequestered, hermit-like, hermitic, eremitic She had become increasingly ill and reclusive.
sociable, gregarious
Translations
reclusive [rɪˈkluːzɪv] ADJdado a recluirse, solitario
reclusive [rɪˈkluːsɪv] adj [person] → solitaire; [life] → de reclus(e)
reclusive [riːˈkluːsɪv] adj (frm) → recluso/a
to become reclusive → fare vita da recluso/a, far vita appartata


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On July 1, Judge Deborah Batts ruled in New York that Swedish author Fredrik Colting's book "60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye" borrowed too heavily from the earlier work by the reclusive Salinger.
On July 1, Judge Deborah Batts ruled in New York that Swedish author Fredrik Colting's book "60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye" borrowed too heavily from the earlier work by the reclusive Salinger.
Spokesperson of the reclusive leader of Afghanistan Taliban Mullah Omar, Zabiullah Mujahid said the Taliban is working for the sake of Islam.
 
 
 
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