Lexic.us

Definition of Alone

1. Adverb. Without any others being included or involved. "A privilege granted only to him"

2. Adjective. Isolated from others. "I want to be alone"

3. Adverb. Without anybody else or anything else. "He flew solo"

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

5. Adjective. Exclusive of anyone or anything else. "I'll have this car and this car only"

6. Adjective. Radically distinctive and without equal. "A breakdown of law unparalleled in our history"

Definition of Alone

1. a. Quite by one's self; apart from, or exclusive of, others; single; solitary; -- applied to a person or thing.

2. adv. Solely; simply; exclusively.

Definition of Alone

1. Adjective. By one's self, solitary. ¹

2. Adjective. Apart from, or exclusive of, others. ¹

3. Adjective. Considered separately. ¹

4. Adjective. Without equal. ¹

5. Adverb. By one's self; apart from, or exclusive of, others; solo ¹

6. Adverb. Without outside help. ¹

7. Adverb. Exclusively. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Alone

1. apart from others [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alone

aloft alogia alogian alogias alogical alogically alogy aloha aloha shirt aloha shirts

alohas aloin aloins aloisiite alomancy alone (current term) alone(p) alone in a crowd alonely aloneness

alonenesses alonest along along about along of along the lines along the lines of along with alongest alongshore

Literary usage of Alone

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

1. Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books by John Milton (1750)
"... (not a colon, as the in privacy and alone. And what putting only a comma, as in the therefore ..."

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