Lexic.us

Definition of Lonely

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

2. Adjective. Marked by dejection from being alone. "Spent a lonesome hour in the bar"

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

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

Definition of Lonely

1. a. Sequestered from company or neighbors; solitary; retired; as, a lonely situation; a lonely cell.

Definition of Lonely

1. Adjective. Of person, unhappy by feelings of loneliness. ¹

2. Adjective. Of place, unfrequented by people; desolate. ¹

3. Adjective. Of person, without companions; solitary. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lonely

1. sad from lack of companionship [adj -LIER, -LIEST] : LONELILY [adv]

Medical Definition of Lonely

1. 1. Sequestered from company or neighbors; solitary; retired; as, a lonely situation; a lonely cell. 2. Alone, or in want of company; forsaken. "To the misled and lonely traveler." (Milton) 3. Not frequented by human beings; as, a lonely wood. 4. Having a feeling of depression or sadness resulting from the consciousness of being alone; lonesome. "I am very often alone. I don't mean I am lonely." (H. James) Synonym: Solitary, lone, lonesome, retired, unfrequented, sequestered, secluded. Origin: Shortened fr. Alonely. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lonely

london dispersion forces londonite lone lone(a) lone gunman lone hand lone it lone pair lone wolf lonecreekite

lonelier loneliest lonelily loneliness lonelinesses lonely (current term) lonely(a) lonelyheart lonelyhearts loneness

lonenesses loner loners lonesome lonesome(a) lonesomely lonesomeness lonesomenesses

Literary usage of Lonely

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

1. The Works of A. Conan Doyle by Arthur Conan Doyle (1902)
"XI OF THE lonely MAN AND THE GOLD CHEST THE strong yellow glare which had attracted ... This combination of portents in so lonely a spot worked upon the old ..."

2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1922)
"And even I, when I come here, Move softly on, subdued and still, lonely as death ... Day after day, though no one sees, The lonely place no different seems, ..."

3. The New Poetry: An Anthology by Harriet Monroe, Alice Corbin Henderson (1917)
"And there is no need of that: Free men set themselves free. THE lonely ... you To still your fears, That it is I who conquer the dark and the lonely night? ..."

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