EREMITIC

anchoritic, eremitic, eremitical, hermitic, hermitical

(adjective) characterized by ascetic solitude; “the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony”; “his hermitic existence”

eremitic, eremitical

(adjective) of or relating to or befitting eremites or their practices of hermitic living; “eremitic austerities”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

eremitic (comparative more eremitic, superlative most eremitic)

Characteristic of a hermit

Source: Wiktionary


Er`e*mit"ic, Er`e*mit"ic*al, a.

Definition: Of or pertaining to an eremite; hermitical; living in solitude. "An eremitical life in the woods." Fuller. "The eremitic instinct." Lowell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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UNINFORMATIVELY

(adverb) in an uninformative manner; “‘I can’t tell you when the manager will arrive,’ he said rather uninformatively”


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