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by one's lonesome

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lone⋅some

[lohn-suhm]
–adjective
1. depressed or sad because of the lack of friends, companionship, etc.; lonely: to feel lonesome.
2. attended with or causing such a state or feeling: a lonesome evening at home.
3. lonely or deserted in situation; remote, desolate, or isolated: a lonesome road.
4. on or by one's lonesome. Also, Scot., by one's lane. Informal. alone: She went walking by her lonesome.

Origin:
1640–50; lone + -some 1


lone⋅some⋅ly, adverb
lone⋅some⋅ness, noun


1. See alone.
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