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solitary

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1. solitary - Noun

2. solitary - Adjective

3. solitary - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Living or being by one's self; having no companion present; being without associates; single; alone; lonely.

Performed, passed, or endured alone; as, a solitary journey; a solitary life.

ot much visited or frequented remote from society; retired; lonely; as, a solitary residence or place.

Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted; silent; still; hence, gloomy; dismal; as, the solitary desert.

Single; individual; sole; as, a solitary instance of vengeance; a solitary example.

Not associated with others of the same kind.

One who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchoret; a hermit; a recluse.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The man who follows Christ in solitary mourning is greater than he who praises Christ amid the congregation of men. Isaac the Syrian

The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable. Karl Kraus

Only solitary men know the full joys of frienship. Others have their family; but to a solitary and an exile, his friends are everything. Willa Cather

A solitary ox shits more than a hundred swallows. Spanish Proverb

A solitary man is either a brute or an angel. Italian Proverb

A solitary man is either a beast or an angel. English Proverb

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