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adverb

Alone adv. Solely; simply; exclusively.

adjective

Alone adj.

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."

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." "The citizens alone should be at the expense."

Sole; only; exclusive. (R.) "God, by whose alone power and conversation we all live, and move, and have our being."

Hence; Unique; rare; matchless. Note: The adjective alone commonly follows its noun.

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

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Alone" Quotes from Famous Books

... letters alone would have brought him fame. They presented the most graphic and sympathetic picture of Syrian travel ever written—one that will never become antiquated or obsolete so long as human nature remains unchanged. From beginning to end the tale is rarely, reverently told. Its closing paragraph ...

— Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete - The Personal And Literary Life Of Samuel Langhorne Clemens • Albert Bigelow Paine

... losing no opportunity for the finest flattery, made himself entertaining and agreeable, enjoyed himself; he implored the touch of a hand which was at once given him, he sometimes caught it without asking leave, he kissed it once and again. I, the while, alone in a corner, avoided a sight which irritated me; stifling my sighs, cracking my fingers with grasping my wrists, plunged in melancholy, covered with a cold sweat, I could neither show nor ...

— The Kempton-Wace Letters • Jack London

... us, and—what we had never thought of doing before—Susanna hurried on by herself a little way, so that we each came back to the others alone. ...

— The Visionary - Pictures From Nordland • Jonas Lie

... peremptorily ordered him to stop; for the letter proved to be a violent and calumnious libel upon Orange, together with a strong appeal in favor of the peace propositions then under debate at Cologne. The Prince alone, of all the assembly, preserving his tranquillity, ordered the document to be brought to him, and forthwith read it aloud himself, from beginning to end. Afterwards, he took occasion to express his mind concerning the ceaseless calumnies of which he was the mark. He especially ...

— The Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1555-1566 • John Lothrop Motley

... that heard such sound Beneath the hollow round Of Cynthia's seat, the Airy region thrilling, Now was almost won To think her part was done, And that her reign had here its last fulfilling: She knew such harmony alone Could hold all Heaven and Earth in ...

— The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 • Ministry of Education

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