lonely
lacking companions or companionship
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,666 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 10,933 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- lacking companions or companionship also: alone, lone, solitary he was alone when we met himshe is alone much of the time
- marked by dejection from being alone also: lonesome felt sad and lonelythe loneliest night of the week
- characterized by or preferring solitude also: lone, solitary a lone wolfa lonely existence
- devoid of creatures also: solitary, unfrequented a lonely crossroadsa solitary retreat
lonely in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Like an hermit (rather should I say a lonely anchorite) am I forced from human conversation.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1
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These lonely dwellings of the trader are scattered far and wide over the whole continent—north, south, east, and west.
Snowflakes and Sunbeams · R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne · Chapter 1
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Mr. Burton, still propping him up, trod a measure with fewer steps, and cast uneasy glances up the lonely road.
Admiral Peters Odd Craft, Part 14. · W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs · Chapter 1
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Afar, in twinkling distance lost, (So legends tell) he lonely wends And back through all that shining host His mandate sends.
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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On the farther side of the hemlock belt the open country rolled away before them grey and lonely under the stars.
Ethan Frome · Edith Wharton · Chapter 1