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
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
An intelligent college boy of 20 read Dale Carnegie's book How to Win Friends and Influence People, and suddenly turned from a shy, introspective, seclusive, sensitive individual to an excited, superficially friendly, overly confident egoist.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Strong regressive and seclusive tendencies," Bassett explained, solemnly.
From This Crowded Earth by Bloch, Robert
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
