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solitary
/ˈsɑlɪˌtɛɹi/
adj 5noun 4
Collocations
5ADJ.
full, idle, idle, lumbering, neglected, quiet, released, same
VERB + SOLITARY
back, bears, discovered, echo, find, go, leads, led
SOLITARY + NOUN
animals, child, confinement, journey, life, meditation, nature, oasis
PREP.
after, except, from, in, in
ADV.
always
Definitions
noun
1
One who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchorite, hermit or recluse.
He brooded and intrigued fantastically. He was becoming one of the big-time solitaries. And he wasn't meant to be a solitary. He was meant to be in active life, a social creature.
Tilling my own grave to keep me level Jam another dragon down the hole Digging to the rhythm and the echo of a solitary siren One that pushes me along and leaves me so Desperate and ravenous
2
Ellipsis of solitary confinement.
The prisoners who started the riot were moved to solitary.
3
The state of being solitary; solitude
You must wonder why I'm relentless and all strung out/I'm consumed by the chill of solitary
adj
1
Living or being by oneself; alone; having no companion present
The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.
Though we don’t all reach nirvana when we swim, swimming may well be that last refuge from connectivity — and, for some, the only way to find the solitary self.
2
Performed, passed, or endured alone.
a solitary journey
a solitary life
3
Not much visited or frequented; remote from society
a solitary residence or place
4
Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted
the solitary desert
How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people!
5
Gloomy; dismal, because of not being inhabited.
noun
1
Archaic form of solitaire (“Rodrigues solitaire”).
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — one who lives in solitude
- hermit
- recluse
- solitudinarian
- troglodyte
adjective — devoid of creatures
- lonely
- unfrequented
adjective — of plants and animals
- nongregarious
- nonsocial
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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He brooded and intrigued fantastically. He was becoming one of the big-time solitaries. And he wasn't meant to be a solitary. He was meant to be in active life, a social creature.
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Tilling my own grave to keep me level Jam another dragon down the hole Digging to the rhythm and the echo of a solitary siren One that pushes me along and leaves me so Desperate and ravenous
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The prisoners who started the riot were moved to solitary.
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The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a simi
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Though we don’t all reach nirvana when we swim, swimming may well be that last refuge from connectivity — and, for some, the only way to find the solitary self.
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a solitary journey
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