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secluded

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se·clud·ed  (s-kldd)
adj.
1. Removed or remote from others; solitary.
2. Screened from view; sequestered.
se·cluded·ly adv.
se·cluded·ness n.
secluded
Adjective
1. kept apart from the company of others: a secluded private life
2. private and sheltered: a secluded cottage
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.secluded - hidden from general view or use; "a privy place to rest and think"; "a secluded romantic spot"; "a secret garden"
privy, secret
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"
2.secluded - 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"
sequestered, cloistered, reclusive
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"
secluded
adjective private, sheltered, isolated, remote, lonely, cut off, solitary, out-of-the-way, tucked away, cloistered, sequestered, off the beaten track, unfrequented << OPPOSITE public
Translations
Spanish secluded [sɪˈkluːdɪd] adj → retirado
French secluded [sɪˈkluːdɪd] adj → retiré(e) → à l'écart
German secluded [sɪˈkluːdɪd] adj (place) → abgelegen;
(life) → zurückgezogen
Italian secluded [sɪˈkluːdɪd] adj → isolato/a, appartato/a
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Any one possessing a mile or two of secluded seaboard, cut off on the land side by precipitous approaches, and including a sheltered river mouth ingeniously hidden by nature, in the form of a jutting wall of rock, from the sea, might have made as good use of these natural opportunities as the nobleman in question, had they only been as wise and as rich.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
He found them encamped in a secluded part of the country, at the head of a small stream.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context
As the sky grew less gloomy; indeed, began to grow a little genial, he became still less and less a recluse; as if, when the ship had sailed from home, nothing but the dead wintry bleakness of the sea had then kept him so secluded.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
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