Hypertext Webster Gateway: "loneliest"

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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