hermit
noun
a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
hermitlike
-
a word derived from
hermit.
Example Sentences
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Many people who live here say they are worn out — that a hermitlike existence is impossible for months on end.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 2, 2020
Many people who live here say they are worn out – that a hermitlike existence is impossible for months on end.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 2, 2020
Some residents, there for the privacy, are hermitlike.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 17, 2016
For some, the technological approach to advertising and marketing may seem at odds with the image of an almost hermitlike monastic existence.
From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2011
People say he’s angry, and hermitlike, but it's loneliness that afflicts him.
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
