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solitaries

solitaries is the plural of solitary.

Meaning of solitary

Noun

solitary (countable and uncountable, plural solitaries)

  1. (countable) One who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchorite, hermit or recluse.
    • He brooded and intrigued fantastically. He was becoming one of the big-time solitaries. And he wasn't meant to be a solitary. He was meant to be in active life, a social creature.1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 24
  2. (uncountable) The state of being solitary; solitude
    • You must wonder why I'm relentless and all strung out/I'm consumed by the chill of solitary1995, Alanis Morissette, “All I Really Want”, in Jagged Little Pill

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Questions about solitaries

What is solitaries the plural of?
Solitaries is the plural of solitary.

Words near solitaries in the dictionary

  1. solisequious
  2. solitaire
  3. solitaires
  4. solitarian
  5. solitarians
  6. solitaries
  7. solitariety
  8. solitarily
  9. solitariness
  10. solitarinesses
  11. Solitario

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