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a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.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
“Jude and I are quite happy here with our hermitlike existence.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 12, 2017
Some residents, there for the privacy, are hermitlike.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 17, 2016
People say he’s angry, and hermitlike, but it's loneliness that afflicts him.
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
