Solitary

Pronunciation

Full definition of solitary

Noun

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

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Adjective

1. Living or being by one's self; alone; having no companion present; being without associates.
• 2013-06-08, Obama goes troll-hunting, The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.
2. Performed, passed, or endured alone; as, a solitary journey; a solitary life.
3. Not much visited or frequented; remote from society; retired.
   a solitary residence or place
4. Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted; silent; still; hence, gloomy; dismal.the solitary desert
• Bible, Lam. i. 1How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people.
• 1931, w, Death Walks in Eastrepps Chapter 1/1, Eldridge closed the despatch-case with a snap and, rising briskly, walked down the corridor to his solitary table in the dining-car.
5. Single; individual; sole.
   a solitary example''
6. (botany) Not associated with others of the same kind.

Derived terms

• solitariness
• solitary confinement
• solitary sandpiper
• solitary snipe
• solitary thrush
• solitary tinamou

Anagrams

• royalist