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adjective, -li·er, -li·est.

affected with, characterized by, or causing a depressing feeling of being alone; lonesome.

destitute of sympathetic or friendly companionship, intercourse, support, etc.: a lonely exile.

lone; solitary; without company; companionless.

remote from places of human habitation; desolate; unfrequented; bleak: a lonely road.

standing apart; isolated: a lonely tower.

Origin:
1600–10; lone + -ly

Related forms

lone·li·ly, adverb

lone·li·ness, lone·li·hood, noun

un·lone·ly, adjective

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

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Three separate stories explore human connections and the limbo of the lonely unattached.

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It is not that the lonely and the gregarious are genetically different from each other.

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Three separate stories explore human connections and the limbo of the lonely unattached.

It can be lonely at the top, especially when it comes to global university rankings.

It is not that the lonely and the gregarious are genetically different from each other.

The lonely polar bear-the unofficial mascot of global warming.

Sleeping with a lonely heart brings a hormone jolt in the morning.

They are bleak and lonely and depressing and beautiful.

The man on the moon is lonely and itching to get home.

It is getting lonely to be a man who thinks that there is no double-dip recession coming.

If it's harder to find privacy, it's also harder to be lonely.

Such signals could warn other elephants of predators, help a lonely elephant find a mate, or direct them towards food and water.

In another study they found that subjects do not think of a frequent bather as a particularly lonely person.

For a newly formed amino acid in the early ocean, it must have been a lonely life indeed.

Red-footed tortoises in the wild live a typically lonely tortoise life, without even being cared for by their parents.

It is getting lonely to be a man who thinks that there is no double dip recession coming.

If you feel lonely persistently, blame it partly on your genes.

Imagination fills in the stories of that room,the chair and the history of the inhabitants of that now lonely room.

Doctors have known for a long time that feeling lonely can make you physically sick, but until now they did not know why.

American and stuck with his difficult and lonely mission for mearly five years.

The discovery of a nearby solar system renders our corner of space a little bit less lonely.

As the developed world's population ages, future children will own multiple homes and will be as lonely as ever.

The cost:benefit ratio decreases if she can find food and get back as quickly as possible to her lonely and vulnerable offspring.

The world would be incredibly dull, drab and lonely without them.

But it is unusual to find lonely patches of ice away from the poles.

The true story of a lonely orca leaps from printed page to silver screen, with a boost from new technology.

Wireless gadgets go on the fritz, glowing orbs of green light pursue lonely visitors, and.

Also, it may be that lonely people engage in behaviours which put them at risk of infection.

Heather is lonely since she hates the new members of her step-family.

Intergalactic space contains at best one lonely hydrogen atom per cubic meter.

The search for the perfect partner is likely to leave you lonely in old age:.

It could be cool to live in a graveyard, but it could also be lonely to grow up without other kids.

Instead, this has become a campaign of hauling cargo, transporting troops and dropping rations and water to lonely outposts.

Since the system is activated only by headlights, it won't interfere with deer migration patterns as they cross lonely roads.

His world is a claustrophobic and lonely existence, until he makes a strange discovery aboard the ship.

While it's folly to read too much into a logo, it is a cold white and blue image lit and lonely against pitch black.

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lonely (ˈləʊnlɪ)

—*adj* , -lier, -liest
1.	unhappy as a result of being without the companionship of others: a lonely man
2.	causing or resulting from the state of being alone: a lonely existence
3.	isolated, unfrequented, or desolate
4.	without companions; solitary

'loneliness

—n

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Word Origin & History

lonely

c.1600, from lone + -ly. Related: Loneliness.

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