English edit

Etymology edit

reclusive +‎ -ly

Adverb edit

reclusively (comparative more reclusively, superlative most reclusively)

  1. In a reclusive manner.
    • 2007 April 26, Randal C. Archibold, “Music Legend’s Trial Starts in Death of a B-Movie Star”, in New York Times[1]:
      Until the death, Mr. Spector, 67, a music legend who worked with John Lennon, Ike and Tina Turner and the Rolling Stones, among others, had lived reclusively for decades.