seclusive

[si-kloo-siv]

se·clu·sive

[si-kloo-siv]
adjective
1.
tending to seclude, especially oneself.
2.
causing or providing seclusion.

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

se·clu·sive·ly, adverb
se·clu·sive·ness, noun
non·se·clu·sive, adjective
non·se·clu·sive·ly, adverb
non·se·clu·sive·ness, noun
EXPAND
un·se·clu·sive, adjective
un·se·clu·sive·ly, adverb
un·se·clu·sive·ness, noun
COLLAPSE
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Seclusive is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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seclusive (sɪˈkluːsɪv)
 
adj
1.  tending to seclude
2.  fond of seclusion
 
se'clusively
 
adv
 
se'clusiveness
 
n

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