Sheltered

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English

Adjective

Sheltered (comparative more Sheltered, superlative most Sheltered)

  1. Protected, as from wind or weather.
    The boat was much safer, during the storm, in the sheltered cove.
  2. (Of a person) who grew up being overprotected by parents or other guardians; often implies a lack of social skills, worldly experience, etc.

Verb

sheltered

  1. Simple past tense and past participle of shelter.

Adverbs for Sheltered

carefully; extremely; tenderly; unduly; prudishly; protectively; safely; warmly; securely; satisfactorily; duly; grudgingly; hospitably; painfully; comfortably; adequately; affectionately; permanently; insecurely; temporarily; pleasantly; barely.

Thesaurus

armed, at rest, calm, cloaked, cloistered, cool, copyrighted, covered, defended, dwindling, ebbing, even-tenored, guarded, halcyon, hushed, impassive, invulnerable, isolated, moldering, pacific, patented, peaceable, peaceful, placid, policed, protected, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, reposing, restful, resting, safe, safeguarded, screened, secluded, sequestered, sequestrated, shielded, smooth, still, still as death, stillish, stilly, stoic, stolid, subsiding, tranquil, unagitated, undisturbed, unmoved, unperturbed, unruffled, unstirring, untroubled, waning

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