'Reclusive' definitions:
Definition of 'reclusive'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an unsocial reclusive life" [syn: recluse, reclusive, withdrawn]
adjective
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]
Definition of 'Reclusive'
From: GCIDE
- 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]