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Definition of Solitariness
1. Noun. The state of being alone in solitary isolation.
2. Noun. A disposition toward being alone.
Specialized synonyms: Friendlessness, Reclusiveness
Generic synonyms: Disposition, Temperament
Derivative terms: Alone, Alone, Lonely, Lonesome, Solitary
Definition of Solitariness
1. n. Condition of being solitary.
Definition of Solitariness
1. Noun. The state or quality of being solitary. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Solitariness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Solitariness
Literary usage of Solitariness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of an Exploring Tour Beyond the Rocky Mountains: Under the Direction by Samuel Parker (1838)
"... gospel—ornithology—Nootka humming bird—number and location of the Indians in
the lower country—Indians of the north—the agitated question—solitariness. ..."
2. A Survey of English Literature 1780-1880 by Oliver Elton (1920)
"WS Landor: his ' solitariness '; divisions of his career,-,-,-. V. Landor: Poems of;
... solitariness ..."
3. Sermons by John Caird (1885)
"Even a mere human being cannot rise pre-eminently above the level of his fellow-men,
without becoming conscious of a certain solitariness of spirit ..."
4. English Prose (1137-1890) by John Matthews Manly (1909)
"But what moved him to this strange solitariness hath been imparted, as I think,
but to one person living. Myself can conjecture, and indeed more than ..."
5. Resolves, Divine, Moral, Political by Owen Felltham (1832)
"OF solitariness AND COMPANIONSHIP. THE bat and the owl are both recluses ; jet
they are not counted in the number of the wisest birds. ..."
6. Resolves, Divine, Moral, Political by Owen Felltham (1832)
"OF solitariness AND COMPANIONSHIP. THE bat and the owl are both recluses ; yet
they are not counted in the number of the wisest birds. ..."
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