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LONELY
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Irregular inflected forms: lonelier , loneliest
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Marked by dejection from being alone
Example:
spent a lonesome hour in the bar
Synonyms:
lonely; lonesome
Classified under:
Similar:
dejected (affected or marked by low spirits)
Derivation:
loneliness (sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Devoid of creatures
Example:
a trail leading to an unfrequented lake
Synonyms:
lonely; solitary; unfrequented
Classified under:
Similar:
uninhabited (not having inhabitants; not lived in)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Characterized by or preferring solitude
Example:
a solitary walk
Synonyms:
lone; lonely; solitary
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
unsocial (not seeking or given to association; being or living without companions)
Derivation:
loneliness (a disposition toward being alone)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Lacking companions or companionship
Example:
a solitary traveler
Synonyms:
alone; lone; lonely; solitary
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
unaccompanied (being without an escort)
Derivation:
loneliness (the state of being alone in solitary isolation)
Context examples:
I've thought it all out in this here lonely island, and I'm back on piety.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
It is a lonely corner, and there is no house within a quarter of a mile of the spot.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
In fact, these lonely worlds, which sit quietly in the darkness of space without any companion planets or even a host sun, might outnumber stars in our Milky Way galaxy.
(Lone Planetary-Mass Object Found in Family of Stars, NASA)
One idea is that it may have been born in a star-forming region, but was ejected into its present lonely pocket of the galaxy.
(Loneliest Young Star Seen by Spitzer and WISE, NASA)
But this galaxy, known as NGC 6503, has found itself in a lonely position, at the edge of a strangely empty patch of space called the Local Void.
(Lonely Galaxy Lost in Space, NASA)
She does but want to talk with you, for it is a lonely life she leads.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I am a lonely man, my sweeting, and I must settle some day when the wars are over and done.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Social support was measured using registry data on living alone or not, and survey questions about feeling lonely — Do you have someone to talk to when you need it?
(Loneliness Is Bad for Heart, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
There was once a poor widow who lived in a lonely cottage.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
I find you lonely: I will be your companion—to read to you, to walk with you, to sit with you, to wait on you, to be eyes and hands to you.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
