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Lonely   /lˈoʊnli/   Listen
Lonely

adjective
(compar. lonelier; superl. loneliest)
1.
Lacking companions or companionship.  Synonyms: alone, lone, solitary.  "She is alone much of the time" , "The lone skier on the mountain" , "A lonely fisherman stood on a tuft of gravel" , "A lonely soul" , "A solitary traveler"
2.
Marked by dejection from being alone.  Synonym: lonesome.  "The loneliest night of the week" , "Lonesome when her husband is away" , "Spent a lonesome hour in the bar"
3.
Characterized by or preferring solitude.  Synonyms: lone, solitary.  "A lonely existence" , "A man of a solitary disposition" , "A solitary walk"
4.
Devoid of creatures.  Synonyms: solitary, unfrequented.  "A solitary retreat" , "A trail leading to an unfrequented lake"






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"Lonely" Quotes from Famous Books



... saddened. "Yes, just Pat's age now; and the next four years were so lonely until you came. I try never to think of them. Pat was too young to give me any companionship, so I was virtually alone with my governess. Father never realized my unhappiness. He was so busy with his own ...
— The Lever - A Novel • William Dana Orcutt

... then looked round more nervously than ever. Two or three of the little boys were already in bed, sitting up with their chins on their knees. The light burned clear, the noise went on. It was a trying moment for the poor little lonely boy; however, this time he didn't ask Tom what he might or might not do, but dropped on his knees by his bedside, as he had done every day from his childhood, to open his heart to Him who heareth the cry ...
— Tom Brown's Schooldays • Thomas Hughes

... I had to, but I don't have to. I have been favored with an inspiration. I can't imagine how it ever happened, but perhaps it was a special dispensation to save you from me. I am going to live in my own house on Thorn Street. Of course it will be lonely there at first, since Aunt Eloise is gone—but just listen to this. I shall rent the down-stairs part to a small family and I shall live up-stairs. Part of the furniture I am going to sell, use what I want to furnish my dove cote in ...
— Eve to the Rescue • Ethel Hueston

... a very dark and lonely part of the mountains, and was suddenly arrested by a low wail. The sturdy Celt raised his lantern on high. Just at that moment Peter's despair happened to culminate, and he lifted his head out of the heather to give free vent to ...
— Freaks on the Fells - Three Months' Rustication • R.M. Ballantyne

... lonely in the forest, Master Heatherstone, and wished to see London; so we have taken them there, and put them into the care of those who have promised that they shall ...
— The Children of the New Forest • Captain Marryat


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