Solitary /(?)/
Sol·i·ta·ry
Solitary
a.
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Living or being by one's self; having no companion present; being without associates; single; alone; lonely.
Those rare and solitary, these in flocks.
Hie home unto my chamber, Where thou shalt find me, sad and solitary.
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Performed, passed, or endured alone; as, a solitary journey; a solitary life.
Satan . . . explores his solitary flight.
- Not much visited or frequented; remote from society; retired; lonely; as, a solitary residence or place.
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Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted; silent; still; hence, gloomy; dismal; as, the solitary desert.
How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people.
Let that night be solitary; let no joyful voice come therein.
- Single; individual; sole; as, a solitary instance of vengeance; a solitary example.
- Not associated with others of the same kind. (Bot.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Solitary ant
- any solitary hymenopterous insect of the family Mutillidae. The female of these insects is destitute of wings and has a powerful sting. The male is winged and resembles a wasp. Called also spider ant.
- Solitary bee
- any species of bee which does not form communities.
- Solitary sandpiper
- an American tattler (Totanus solitarius).
- Solitary snipe
- the great snipe.
- Solitary thrush
- the starling.
Solitary
n.
- One who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchoret; a hermit; a recluse.