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Solitary   /sˈɑlətˌɛri/   Listen
Solitary

adjective
1.
Characterized by or preferring solitude.  Synonyms: lone, lonely.  "A lonely existence" , "A man of a solitary disposition" , "A solitary walk"
2.
Of plants and animals; not growing or living in groups or colonies.  Synonyms: nongregarious, nonsocial.
3.
Lacking companions or companionship.  Synonyms: alone, lone, lonely.  "She is alone much of the time" , "The lone skier on the mountain" , "A lonely fisherman stood on a tuft of gravel" , "A lonely soul" , "A solitary traveler"
4.
Being the only one; single and isolated from others.  Synonyms: lone, lonesome, only, sole.  "A lonesome pine" , "An only child" , "The sole heir" , "The sole example" , "A solitary instance of cowardice" , "A solitary speck in the sky"
5.
Devoid of creatures.  Synonyms: lonely, unfrequented.  "A solitary retreat" , "A trail leading to an unfrequented lake"
noun
1.
Confinement of a prisoner in isolation from other prisoners.  Synonym: solitary confinement.
2.
One who lives in solitude.  Synonyms: hermit, recluse, solitudinarian, troglodyte.



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"Solitary" Quotes from Famous Books



... sooth," she says, "it has befallen the king not to have room in his house for the meal and bed of a solitary woman, they will be gotten apart from him from some one possessing generosity—if the hospitality of the Prince in the Hostel ...
— The Harvard Classics, Volume 49, Epic and Saga - With Introductions And Notes • Various

... only daughter by an old school-friend of mine," Guy blushed inwardly, and felt guilty, "she is a dear, lovely little creature, and will, I am sure, make my home a different one altogether, from what solitary bachelordom has brought it to. I hope you will agree, both of you, I know you will like her just as soon as you see her, you have no idea how lovely she is." (Oh fie! Elersley! ...
— Honor Edgeworth • Vera

... stored with gold and jewels; cities the names of which were recorded in the sacred book which the poorest knew by picture; and they listened earnestly as palmer or pilgrim told of Sharon with its roses without thorns; Lebanon with its cedars and vines; and Carmel with its solitary convent, and its summit covered with thyme, and haunted by the eagle and the boar, till their fancy pictured 'a land flowing with milk and honey,' by repairing to which sinners could secure pardon without penance in this world, and happiness without ...
— The Boy Crusaders - A Story of the Days of Louis IX. • John G. Edgar

... prairie-schooners came on slowly toward him from the northward through the sage; the heads of the long-horned oxen swinging low from side to side before their heavy wooden yokes. The first span reached the solitary figure of the captain and went straight on south; the wagon rumbled by and Hunt knew by its passing that he must keep to the San ...
— When the West Was Young • Frederick R. Bechdolt

... fire which Morphew had built up before dinner was dying out, the shaded lamp on my table left all the corners in a mysterious twilight. The house was perfectly still, no one moving: my father in the library, where, after the habit of many solitary years, he liked to be left alone, and I here in my retreat, preparing for the formation of similar habits. I thought all at once of the third member of the party, the new-comer, alone too in the room that had been hers; and there suddenly ...
— The Open Door, and the Portrait. - Stories of the Seen and the Unseen. • Margaret O. (Wilson) Oliphant


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