lonely
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Is lonely a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (of a place or time) Unfrequented by people; desolate.Examples: "Only to those to whom in lonely passes in the night the gods have spoken, leaning through the stars, to those that have heard the voices of the gods above the morning or seen Their faces bending above the sea, only to those hath it been given to see Sardathrion, to stand where her pinnacles gathered together in the night fresh from the dreams of gods."; "[…] San Sebastian Church was desolate in the courtyard; emptier, lonelier inside with its pews stretched out like fallen pylons varnished by dolorous residue. From each candlelit nook stared in stony despair one after another saint, regal and rueful: proffering forgiveness, peace, a todo."Synonyms: lonesome, desolate, desert, empty, unpeopled, unpopulated
2. (of a person) Without companions; solitary.Examples: "By a lone wall a lonelier column rears."Synonyms: solitary, alone, unaccompanied
Definition source: Wiktionary