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单词 seclusive
释义

seclusive

[ si-kloo-siv ]
/ sɪˈklu sɪv /
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adjective

tending to seclude, especially oneself.
causing or providing seclusion.

Origin of seclusive

1815–25; secluse (<Latin sēclūsus secluded; see seclusion) + -ive

OTHER WORDS FROM seclusive

Words nearby seclusive

Seckel syndrome, sec. leg., seclude, secluded, seclusion, seclusive, secobarbital, Seconal, second, Second Advent, Second Adventist
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Example sentences from the Web for seclusive

  • "Strong regressive and seclusive tendencies," Bassett explained, solemnly.

    This Crowded Earth|Robert Bloch

  • German thought has run in the seclusive channel of the academic library to the lack and loss of civic consciousness.

    The Library and Society|Various

  • While waiting for autumn to restore to his forehead its superb palmated adornments, he was haughty and seclusive.

    The Kindred of the Wild|Charles G. D. Roberts

British Dictionary definitions for seclusive

seclusive
/ (sɪˈkluːsɪv) /

adjective

tending to seclude
fond of seclusion

Derived forms of seclusive

seclusively, adverbseclusiveness, noun
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Words related to seclusive

lonely, remote, uninhabited, cloistered, quiet, deserted, hidden, isolated, sheltered, reclusive, icy, frigid, closet, retired, abandoned, shy, reserved, isolate, screened, quarantined
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