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  • adverb In a reclusive manner.

Etymologies

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reclusive +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Well do I know my own character negatives—bossy, impatient, reclusively shy, short-tempered, single-minded.

    Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

  • Well do I know my own character negatives—bossy, impatient, reclusively shy, short-tempered, single-minded.

    Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

  • Well do I know my own character negatives—bossy, impatient, reclusively shy, short-tempered, single-minded.

    Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

  • Well do I know my own character negatives—bossy, impatient, reclusively shy, short-tempered, single-minded.

    Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

  • He was rumoured to live reclusively in Chester Castle, which had reportedly gone wild, "gone back to bush".

    My travels: Ian Thomson in Jamaica Ian Thomson 2010

  • Hodgkin paints fairly reclusively, on several paintings in parallel, most of which take years to complete. (from Rodcorp)

    Vitro Nasu » 2006 » May 2006

  • As the Religious Lefty or whatever other silly names Osama and Coulter can conjure in their puny little brains; this Islamic pacifist will continue to reclusively perch atop the shadowy rooftops of the world somberly awaiting the next global light beacon from the Muslim Bat-Signal in the form of silly Danish cartoons, ungodly acts of terrorism or diplomatic calls for reconciliation.

    Spending seven Septembers hijacking my religion back 2008

  • Hoeg, 37 (right), is a former sailor, actor, athlete and ballet dancer who lives almost reclusively in Copenhagen (he has no telephone, television or car) with his wife and two children.

    New Faces For The New Year ..Mr.- 2008

  • Hodgkin paints fairly reclusively, on several paintings in parallel, most of which take years to complete. (from Rodcorp)

    Howard’s Blend 2006

  • Actually, the self-proclaimed Polish count who lived reclusively in Switzerland was very well known: for his slyly pedophilic pictures of pubescent girls and for being perhaps the best realist painter on the planet.

    Periscope 2007

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