Alone
[ə'ləʊn] or [ə'lon]
Definition
(adj.) radically distinctive and without equal; 'he is alone in the field of microbiology'; 'this theory is altogether alone in its penetration of the problem'; 'Bach was unique in his handling of counterpoint'; 'craftsmen whose skill is unequaled'; 'unparalleled athletic ability'; 'a breakdown of law unparalleled in our history' .
(adj.) exclusive of anyone or anything else; 'she alone believed him'; 'cannot live by bread alone'; 'I'll have this car and this car only' .
(adj.) isolated from others; 'could be alone in a crowded room'; 'was alone with her thoughts'; 'I want to be alone' .
(adj.) lacking companions or companionship; 'he was alone when we met him'; 'she is alone much of the time'; 'the lone skier on the mountain'; 'a lonely fisherman stood on a tuft of gravel'; 'a lonely soul'; 'a solitary traveler' .
(adv.) without anybody else or anything else; 'the child stayed home alone'; 'the pillar stood alone, supporting nothing'; 'he flew solo'.
Edited by Jeffrey--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Quite by one's self; apart from, or exclusive of, others; single; solitary; -- applied to a person or thing.
(a.) Of or by itself; by themselves; without any thing more or any one else; without a sharer; only.
(a.) Sole; only; exclusive.
(a.) Hence; Unique; rare; matchless.
(adv.) Solely; simply; exclusively.
Editor: Ricky
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Single, solitary, only, lone, lonely, isolated, unaccompanied, by one's self, by itself, without company, without another.[2]. Of one's self, of one's own power, without help.
Editor: Oswald
Definition
adj. single: solitary: alone of its kind: of itself or by themselves.—adv. singly by one's self only.—n. Alone′ness
Checker: Lucille
Unserious Contents or Definition
adj. In bad company.
Edited by Cecilia
Examples
- Well, you're not geese, you're swans--anything you like, only do, do leave Miss Sedley alone. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The latter peculiarity took the form of a dislike to being left alone, especially after dark. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Was he alone, that long night, whose brave, loving spirit was bearing up, in that old shed, against buffeting and brutal stripes? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I never had the feeling in the house before,' said Mrs Boffin; 'and I have been about it alone at all hours of the night. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The Bell Company fought alone against the Western Union, and it was a struggle of giants. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I had heard them, alone at the bedside, striking their boots with their riding-whips, and loitering up and down. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I am young, as you see; I am alone, as you see. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- My father, who taught me, is away, and I don't get on very fast alone, for I've no one to correct my pronunciation. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Who has locked you up here alone? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Oh, Frankenstein, be not equitable to every other, and trample upon me alone, to whom thy justice, and even thy clemency and affection, is most due. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Humble bees alone visit red clover, as other bees cannot reach the nectar. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Laura was sitting alone at the far end of the room, her arms resting wearily on a table, and her face hidden in her hands. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- When they were alone, Mr. Lorry asked him what he had done? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Miss Ophelia and the physician alone felt no encouragement from this illusive truce. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The let-alone policy had demoralized this force so that probably but little more than one-half of it was ever present in garrison at any one time. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- If the atmosphere were composed of oxygen alone, the merest flicker of a match would set the whole world ablaze. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The whole staff of instructors, male and female, he set aside, and stood on the examiner's estrade alone. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- After we had been alone awhile we were glad to see the others again. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Good fruit, Sir Knight, said the yeoman, will sometimes grow on a sorry tree; and evil times are not always productive of evil alone and unmixed. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- And they alone of all the citizens may not touch or handle silver or gold, or be under the same roof with them, or wear them, or drink from them. Plato. The Republic.
- These cries redoubled in intensity as the stranger approached her bed; when he took her up, Let alone! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Men cannot live by thought alone; the world of sense is always breaking in upon them. Plato. The Republic.
- But Adrian is alone, wifeless, childless, unoccupied. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Left alone in the study, I opened the safe and withdrew the contents of the drawer in which he had told me I would find my instructions. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- She had her queer, radiant, breathless manner, as if confused by the actual world, unreal to it, having a complete bright world of her self alone. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Mr. Sam Wynne coming up with great haste, to insist on the elder girls joining in the game as well as the younger ones, Caroline was again left alone. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It was good entertainment; but only half-enjoyed, since I was alone: you should have been there. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- And when it tore him he crouched in silent subjection under it, and when it left him alone again, he refused to know of it. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I likewise broke my right shin against the shell of a snail, which I happened to stumble over, as I was walking alone and thinking on poor England. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- But as he followed Madame Olenska into the hall he thought with a sudden hunger of being for a moment alone with her at the door of her carriage. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
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