1. 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, secluded, sequestered • Similar to: private • Derivationally related forms: reclusiveness 2. withdrawn from society; seeking solitude - lived an unsocial reclusive life • Syn: recluse, withdrawn • Similar to: unsocial • Derivationally related forms: withdrawnness (for: withdrawn), reclusiveness, recluse (for: recluse)
