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alonest

alonest adjective: most alone or isolated.

Adjective

alonest

  1. (nonstandard) Most alone or isolated.
    • The alonest man on the face of the globe! I was stopping in a cheap lodging downtown, in a dreary, drab little cell of a bedroom...1922, Elizabeth Frazer, The secret partner
    • I was the alonest. I heard the walking of shoes and I looked in the direction of the noise. It was the counterman.1967, Piri Thomas, Down these mean streets

Origin of alonest

alone + -est

Questions about alonest

What does alonest mean?
Alonest means most alone or isolated.
What part of speech is alonest?
Alonest is an adjective.

Words near alonest in the dictionary

  1. alonement
  2. aloneness
  3. alonenesses
  4. aloner
  5. aloners
  6. alonest
  7. along
  8. along about
  9. along of
  10. along the lines of
  11. along the same vein

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