Alone

A·lone

Alone

a.
  1. Quite by one's self; apart from, or exclusive of, others; single; solitary; -- applied to a person or thing.
    Alone on a wide, wide sea.
    It is not good that the man should be alone.
    — Gen. ii. 18.
  2. Of or by itself; by themselves; without any thing more or any one else; without a sharer; only.
    Man shall not live by bread alone.
    — Luke iv. 4.
    The citizens alone should be at the expense.
    — Franklin.
  3. Sole; only; exclusive. [R.]
    God, by whose alone power and conversation we all live, and move, and have our being.
  4. Hence; Unique; rare; matchless.

Phrases & Compounds

To let alone
to abstain from interfering with or molesting; to suffer to remain in its present state.

Alone

adv.
  1. Solely; simply; exclusively.