solitarily
solitarily adverb: in a solitary manner; alone.
Adverb
solitarily (not comparable)
- In a solitary manner; alone.
- [H]e began to retire himſelf to his Chamber to pray for, and pity them [his relations]; and alſo to condole his own miſery; he would alſo walk ſolitarily in the Fields, ſometimes reading, and ſometimes praying: and thus for ſome days he ſpent his time.1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], →OCLC; reprinted in The Pilgrim’s Progress as Originally Published by...
- In a winter coat and a hat with thick wool lining, Mr. [Piotr] Anderszewski walks solitarily along snow-covered train tracks at a railroad station, as we hear his reflections in a voice-over, in English.2009 July 31, Anthony Tommasini, “An ear for Mozart, a taste for paradox”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Dec 2022
- Synonyms:
- alone, by one's lonesome, by oneself, isolatedly, lonelily, on one's bill, on one's lonesome, on one's tod, singlely, singly
Synonyms of solitarily
- alone
- by one's lonesome
- by oneself
- isolatedly
- lonelily
- on one's bill
- on one's lonesome
- on one's tod
- singlely
- singly
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Origin of solitarily
From solitary + -ly.
Questions about solitarily
- What does solitarily mean?
- Solitarily means in a solitary manner; alone.
- What part of speech is solitarily?
- Solitarily is an adverb.
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