lonely
89
1.6
- adjective
- /ˈloʊnli/
:
desierto
- His body was found in a lonely cottage, near the Louisiana bayou he loved.
- a lonely road
- a lonely place
Why does it feel so profoundly lonely on that kind of planet?
- Why does it feel so profoundly lonely on that kind of planet?
- It's a very lonely place to be, isn't it?
- So there's no place in the world that's lonely.
- We don't think about the person who was shotgunned on some lonely St.
Examples
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It's a very lonely place to be, isn't it?
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On a rainy day, the lonely park felt especially deserted, lacking the usual laughter of children.
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And that is a very lonely place to be.
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And it's a little lonely on the road.
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It's been wild, but lonely too.
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The lonely road through the rice fields was protected during the day.
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Well, it is a lonely spot, isn't it?
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Folk call the road lonely because there is no human traffic and no human stirring.
Academic text (2009) -
Now it had found its way to this lonely spot where Stephen's grandfather had built his home.
Fiction book (1990) -
The car was parked near the chalet on a lonely alpine road.
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
191
4.6
Being alone and not with other people or things
176
2.7
By itself with no other people or things nearby
78
4.2
Feeling separated from other people and having little contact
57
4.6
Land where plants and animals cannot grow
20
4.0
A place with no people living there
4
4.8
No people live there
2
2.8
Left empty and not used, often by people who lived there
1
3.0
A place that people no longer live in or use
1
8.0
A place that has no people living there
1
8.8
A place that few people go to and is quiet
A place with no people in it
Not lived in or visited by people
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
How Empty
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Lonely comes from lone plus -ly, with lone from alone meaning 'all one' or 'single'. That's why a lonely place is 'all one' — quiet and with no people around.