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lone⋅ly

[lohn-lee]
–adjective, -li⋅er, -li⋅est.
1. affected with, characterized by, or causing a depressing feeling of being alone; lonesome.
2. destitute of sympathetic or friendly companionship, intercourse, support, etc.: a lonely exile.
3. lone; solitary; without company; companionless.
4. remote from places of human habitation; desolate; unfrequented; bleak: a lonely road.
5. standing apart; isolated: a lonely tower.

Origin:
1600–10; lone + -ly


lone⋅li⋅ly, adverb
lone⋅li⋅ness, lone⋅li⋅hood, noun


1. See alone. 4. uninhabited, unpopulated. 5. secluded.
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