Lexic.us

Definition of Solitary

1. Noun. Confinement of a prisoner in isolation from other prisoners. "He was held in solitary"

2. Adjective. Characterized by or preferring solitude. "A solitary walk"

3. Noun. One who lives in solitude.

4. Adjective. Of plants and animals; not growing or living in groups or colonies. "Solitary bees"

5. Adjective. Lacking companions or companionship. "A solitary traveler"

6. Adjective. Being the only one; single and isolated from others. "A solitary speck in the sky"

7. Adjective. Devoid of creatures. "A trail leading to an unfrequented lake"

Definition of Solitary

1. a. Living or being by one's self; having no companion present; being without associates; single; alone; lonely.

2. n. One who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchoret; a hermit; a recluse.

Definition of Solitary

1. Noun. One who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchoret, hermit or recluse. ¹

2. Adjective. Living or being by one's self; alone; having no companion present; being without associates. ¹

3. Adjective. Performed, passed, or endured alone; as, a solitary journey; a solitary life. ¹

4. Adjective. Not much visited or frequented; remote from society; retired; as, a solitary residence or place. ¹

5. Adjective. Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted; silent; still; hence, gloomy; dismal; as, the solitary desert. ¹

6. Adjective. Single; individual; sole. ¹

7. Adjective. Not associated with others of the same kind. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Solitary

1. one who lives alone [n -TARIES]

Medical Definition of Solitary

1. Of flowers, borne singly, not grouped in an inflorescence. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Solitary

solipsists soliquid soliquids solisequious solitaire solitaires solitarian solitarians solitaries solitariety

solitarily solitariness solitarinesses solitarious solitariously solitary (current term) solitary(a) solitary bone cyst solitary bundle solitary confinement

solitary fasciculus solitary fibrous tumour solitary follicles solitary foramen solitary glands solitary lymphatic follicles solitary nodules of intestine solitary nucleus solitary osteocartilaginous exostosis

Literary usage of Solitary

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1903)
"Above this and opposite 4 and 5, respectively, are large solitary Betz cells. Then there is a considerable interval where there are a number of large ..."

2. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"Happening at the solstice, or at midsummer. 3. Gloomy ; dismal. 1 >ry •!.-!<. Let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein. j*°* 4. Single. ..."

3. The works of Charles Dickens by Charles Dickens (1891)
"No magic dwelling-place in magic story, shut up in the heart of a thick wood, was ever more solitary and deserted to the fancy than was her father's mansion ..."

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