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Avoiding company and preferring seclusion.

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reclusive

The reclusive painter rarely attended public openings.
Dictionary practice example.
A reclusive tenant in a fictional boarding house preferred spending most evenings alone in the attic room where she wrote travel puzzles.
From Quietness, Distance, and Interest.
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