hermitlike
- adjective
- /ˈhɜrmɪtˌlaɪk/
:
hermitaño
- Living in a small cabin away from the city, he embraced a hermitlike existence, finding peace in his isolation.
Examples
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He roamed the world, losing himself at times in the vilest debauchery and at times dwelling alone and hermitlike in the wilderness of this world for decades on end.
Fiction book (1993) -
She preferred a hermitlike lifestyle, spending most of her days reading in quiet corners of her home.
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After years of solitude in the mountains, he had become quite hermitlike, rarely seeing anyone but the occasional hiker.
Synonyms
176
2.7
By itself with no other people or things nearby
83
1.0
Choosing to be alone or living by oneself
24
7.4
Tends to live alone and avoid other people
3
8.7
Living apart from other people and the outside world, often in a quiet place
Living alone and quietly for religious or spiritual reasons, like a monk
Living alone and simply, often for religious or spiritual reasons
Living alone for religious reasons to pray
Living alone in a quiet place away from other people
Living alone and avoiding contact with other people, often for religious reasons
A person who prefers to be alone or a place that gives privacy
Antonyms
How Solitary
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hermitlike is made of hermit and -like, where hermit once named people who lived alone, often in the desert for religious reasons. So hermitlike means 'living alone or quietly, like a hermit'.