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lonelier


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lonely  \Lone"ly\,  a.  [Compar.  {Lonelier};  superl.  {Loneliest}.] 
  [Shortened  fr  alonely.] 
  1.  Sequestered  from  company  or  neighbors;  solitary;  retired; 
  as  a  lonely  situation;  a  lonely  cell. 
 
  2.  Alone,  or  in  want  of  company;  forsaken. 
 
  To  the  misled  and  lonely  traveler.  --Milton. 
 
  3.  Not  frequented  by  human  beings;  as  a  lonely  wood. 
 
  4.  Having  a  feeling  of  depression  or  sadness  resulting  from 
  the  consciousness  of  being  alone;  lonesome. 
 
  I  am  very  often  alone.  I  don't  mean  I  am  lonely. 
  --H.  James. 
 
  Syn:  Solitary;  lone;  lonesome;  retired;  unfrequented; 
  sequestered;  secluded. 




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