lonely
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1.0
- adjective
- /ˈloʊnli/
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solitario
- Like, what you do must be really lonely.
- a lonely life
- a lonely voice
- lonely and aristocratic
Like if you need that motivation, like it is one of the loneliest paths.
- Like if you need that motivation, like it is one of the loneliest paths.
- And I just love the fact that because, you know, triathlons, it's kind of lonely, right?
- To find a place for yourself isn't to find a place alone, lonely, solitary.
Examples
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My automatic response was sympathy; after all, the poor man was blind; he was lonely for companionship.
Fiction book (1996) -
Meanwhile, Rhea was lonely, said Barb, and loved company and help with the baby.
Fiction book (1995) -
It's a little lonely to do it yourself.
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I brought you along today because you seem like a lonely kind of guy.
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At least it does to a lonely soldier.
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Art education is a lonely profession for the single art teacher in a school.
Academic text (1995) -
It was a lonely way to grow up.
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Across the way was a hill, on top of which was a lonely church and a graveyard.
Fiction book (1992) -
It is a whistling tune from a lonely man wandering in a foreign land.
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It's really lonely to spend the holidays all by yourself.
Synonyms
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By yourself with no other people present
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4.6
Being alone and not with other people or things
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2.7
By itself with no other people or things nearby
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4.2
Feeling separated from other people and having little contact
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7.4
Tends to live alone and avoid other people
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3.5
Alone and not near other people or things
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4.8
Prefers being alone and avoids spending time with others
A person who prefers to be alone or a place that gives privacy
Prefers to live alone and avoids other people
Living alone and quietly for religious or spiritual reasons, like a monk
Living alone and simply, often for religious or spiritual reasons
A person or animal living alone without a group
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How Solitary
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Etymology
Lonely comes from lone plus the ending -ly, and lone comes from alone, which originally meant 'all one' or 'single'. So a lonely life is being 'all one', alone by choice or situation.