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What does solitary mean?

solitary

— adjective (= lone, lonely) characterized by or preferring solitude a lone wolf a lonely existence a man of a solitary disposition a solitary walk — adjective of plants and animals; not growing or living in groups or colonies solitary bees — noun confinement of a prisoner in isolation from other prisoners he was held in solitary — adjective (= lonely, unfrequented) devoid of creatures a lonely crossroads a solitary retreat a trail leading to an unfrequented lake — noun (= hermit) one who lives in solitude — adjective (= alone, lone, lonely) lacking companions or companionship he was alone when we met him 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 — adjective (= lone, lonesome, only, sole) being the only one; single and isolated from others the lone doctor in the entire county a lonesome pine an only child the sole heir the sole example a solitary instance of cowardice a solitary speck in the sky

Synonyms solitary synonyms

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solitary English » English

lonely alone isolated lone single sole only secluded lonesome desolate retired deserted unfrequented recluse private forlorn dreary uninhabited solitudinarian solitary confinement secret remote hermit friendless desert troglodyte solitaire singular singly silent sequestered reclusive quiet out of the way odd nonsocial nongregarious isolation individual eremitical eremitic cloistral without a coadjutor widowed waste untainted unpretentious unmarried unique unattended

Topics solitary topics

What do people use solitary to talk about?

Social behavior Relationships Disunity

Alone

What words describe someone who spends a lot of time alone?

solitary loner recluse keep to yourself
What words refer to the state of being alone?

solitude isolation solitary confinement privacy

States Quantity All

Only

What words describe the only person or thing?

only sole the one lone solitary alone one and only single

Social behavior Law Punish

Imprison

What are the parts of a prison?

cell cellblock bars stocks death row solitary confinement cooler

Examples solitary examples

How do I use solitary in a sentence?

Simple sentences

He likes to take a solitary walk.

She lives a solitary life in a remote part of Scotland.

She led a solitary life.

She leads a solitary life in a remote area of Scotland.

After wandering aimlessly through the desert for months, we discovered a solitary oasis.

Man is, at one and the same time, a solitary being and a social being.

How the city sits solitary, that was full of people!

Bears are solitary animals.

Tom spent his birthday in solitary confinement.

She likes to go for solitary walks.

Happiness is always with you. You don't have to go somewhere far away for it. It is here - in a quiet solitary room.

Movie subtitles

The only cistern, which collects rain water. is a constant worry for the four solitary men.

I accept your invitation, but I find no solitary student with his books.

Down steep slopes to the valley of the Batuecas inhabited by a solitary monk and his maid.

Oh, solitary, huh?

The first one who lets a squeak out. I'll put in solitary confinement.

Since solitary confinement means nothing to men like you, except to make you worse I thought this time I'd let you work out your own punishment.

Well, I heard today that they have put her in solitary confinement.

Ah, throw him into solitary!

Right here in solitary.

Well, if I must be a solitary drinker, good luck, kid.

A marriage of solitary confinement.

A couple months in solitary will cool you off, bugger.

Be a nice surprise when he gets out of solitary.

I guess his eyes ain't so good after solitary.

Solitary confinement.

I'm warning you. The first one who lets a squeak out. I'll put in solitary confinement.

Any more stink out of you guys and I'll send you both to solitary.

No normal man walks out of a big concern without saying a word to a solitary soul.

The mysterious ruins show signs of an eventful history and a militant past line our solitary path.

Try that again and I'll put you in solitary confinement, you would-be Frankenstein.

Ten days in solitary haven't taught you a thing.

Joe. After solitary, even this will taste good.

Collins comes back from solitary to cell R17.

What's the answer to it? Are we going to have to keep every prisoner in ritual solitary?

Go on, go on. Well, I heard today that they have put her in solitary confinement. No.

A voluntary solitary.

After Fatso threw him in the Hole-That's solitary he started talking a couple of timesabout how he's gonna escape.

Not one single, solitary bean.

You know the rules? Don't force me to put you in solitary.

The revolver is loaded with a solitary bullet.

I didn't try to use one single, solitary wile on you.

According to the radar scope, except for Mitch's plane, there wasn't a single, solitary object of any nature whatsoever.

Two hours of solitary confinement or staying inside for a week.

Silence, or you go into solitary confinement.

News and current affairs

Equating war with a solitary tyrant thus imposes strategic limitations for policymakers.

In any case, it is the sad, solitary privilege of human beings to kill our own consciously, as well as to commit suicide.

We are compiling a comprehensive list of the polling stations where ZANU supporters had solitary control.

Instead, I argue that while most people are good most of the time, they can readily be led to act anti-socially, because most people are rarely solitary figures improvising soliloquies on the empty stage of life.

Even a solitary superpower should follow this rule of thumb: try multilateralism first.

Nor does it seem likely to emulate the splintered, individualized, solitary society - and the commodified sexual revolution - that Western, self-based feminism reflects.

Palestinians working in Israel are good for both sides, and better than the foreigners who come from distant lands and live an isolated life in Israel, solitary and under constant threat of expulsion.

Also tellingly, the accused member of the hated religious minority was jailed for life and condemned to a method of punishment - solitary confinement on an island 3,000 miles away - that was invented just for him after his conviction.

Indeed, single mothers are the new maternal ideal - women whose maternal drive is so selfless and intense that they choose to raise children even under the burden of their solitary status.

Chua's focus is unrelentingly on solitary activities in the home, with no encouragement of group activities, or of concern for others, either in school or in the wider community.

Tigers lead solitary lives, except for mothers with their cubs.

But when the attacker is a solitary individual - an American citizen, no less- it raises serious questions about the system from which he or she (though almost always a he in these cases) emerged.

But the truth is that China is a solitary, vulnerable rising power - one that faces potentially crippling domestic challenges.

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