seclusive
Example Sentences
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Fraternities—and sororities, for that matter—are seclusive by nature.
From Time • Sep. 24, 2014
He was a friend of Bernard B. Kerik, the former police commissioner who pleaded guilty to charges including tax fraud, and he made his political bones working in the seclusive borough president’s office.
From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2010
When her escort demands a quiet table for two, her comment is, "You know, seclusive."
From Time Magazine Archive
The surgeons had to fracture the top vertebra with a Hall air-driven drill, and then the seclusive clivus was exposed at last.
From Time Magazine Archive
Grant had come to Oakdale late the previous autumn, and was living with his aunt, an odd, seclusive spinster, by the name of Priscilla Kent.
From Rival Pitchers of Oakdale by Scott, Morgan
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
