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solitarily

solitarily adverb: in a solitary manner; alone.

Adverb

solitarily (not comparable)

  1. 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

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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.

Words near solitarily in the dictionary

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

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