Solitary
['sɒlɪt(ə)rɪ] or ['sɑlətɛri]
Definition
(a.) Living or being by one's self; having no companion present; being without associates; single; alone; lonely.
(a.) Performed, passed, or endured alone; as, a solitary journey; a solitary life.
(a.) ot much visited or frequented remote from society; retired; lonely; as, a solitary residence or place.
(a.) Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted; silent; still; hence, gloomy; dismal; as, the solitary desert.
(a.) Single; individual; sole; as, a solitary instance of vengeance; a solitary example.
(a.) Not associated with others of the same kind.
(n.) One who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchoret; a hermit; a recluse.
Editor: Pasquale
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Lone, lonely, alone, unaccompanied, companionless, without society, without company.[2]. Isolated, secluded, unfrequented, uninhabited, retired, deserted.[3]. Dismal, gloomy, desolate, cheerless, lonesome.[4]. Single, sole, individual.
n. Hermit, anchorite, anchoret, recluse, solitaire, EREMITE.
Edited by Erna
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Sole, single, only, lone, lonely, private, remote, retired, sequestered,desolate, uninhabited, desert,[See ANXIOUS]
Edited by Fred
Definition
adj. being the sole person present: alone or lonely: single separate simple: living alone not social or gregarious: without company: remote from society: retired secluded: gloomy.—n. one who lives alone: a recluse or hermit—(obs.) Solitā′rian.—adv. Sol′itarily.—n. Sol′itariness.
Editor: William
Examples
- It was as if they met in exile, and united their solitary forces against all the world. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- With these words, the matron dropped into her chair, and, once more resting her elbow on the table, thought of her solitary fate. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- What the servants chiefly resented, I think, was her silent tongue and her solitary ways. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- They were two solitary sufferers, or connected only by Fanny's consciousness. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I feel so much more solitary and helpless without Lizzie now, than I used to feel before I knew her. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He has seen my solitary, lingering death. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- During the whole of this time, the poor young lady was exerting herself by the light of her solitary lamp, _à pure perte! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Not one solitary house escaped unscathed--not one remained habitable, even. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The solitary walk of the last two hours had wrought its effect on me--it had set the idea in my mind of hastening my departure from Limmeridge House. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The whole scene was solitary. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The solitary woman felt an interest in the ambitious girl, and kindly conferred many favors of this sort both on Jo and the Professor. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Anyhow, a solitary, vicious, underground life was the life the Colonel led. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- A solitary sea-gull winged its flight over our heads, to seek its nest in a cleft of the precipice. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I always think you stand in the world like a solitary but watchful, thoughtful archer in a wood. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I felt solitary as I dropped asleep here, and, missing it a little, wandered back to it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
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