lonely
//ˈləʊnli//
Forms
- Comparative
- lonelier
- Superlative
- loneliest
Definitions
1.Unhappy due to feeling isolated from contact with other people.
- LA is the loneliest and most brutal of American cities; New York gets god-awful cold in the winter but there’s a feeling of wacky comradeship somewhere in some streets. LA is a jungle.
2.Unfrequented by people; desolate.
- What a lonely world it will be with you away!
3.Without companions; solitary.
- By a lone wall a lonelier column rears.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3899
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From lone + -ly, or from an apheretic shortening of alonely.
See lone.