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solitariness

UK/ˈsɒlɪt(ə)ɹɪnəs/

solitariness noun: the state or quality of being solitary.

Noun

solitariness (countable and uncountable, plural solitarinesses)

  1. The state or quality of being solitary.
    • In both a mazefull ſolitarineſſe: / In night of ſprites the gaſtly powers to ſtur, / In thee or ſprites or ſprited gaſtlineſſe: […]c. 1580s, Philip Sidney, “Astrophel and Stella”, in [Mary Sidney], editor, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia […] [The New Arcadia], 3rd edition, London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie...
    • I saw a Deane of S. Hillarie of Poictiers, reduced by reason and the incommoditie of his melancholy to such a continuall solitarinesse, that when I entered into his chamber he had never removed one step out of it in two and twenty yeares before[…].1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 8, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

solitariness meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Punjabi and Odia

solitariness in Tamil

solitariness
தனிநிலை taṉinilai

solitariness in Bengali

একাকী হওয়ার অবস্থা, গুণ

solitariness in Punjabi

solitariness, seclusion, isolation, aloneness, privacy
ਇਕਾਂਤ ikānt

solitariness in Odia

solitariness
ରହ raha

Synonyms of solitariness

All synonyms of solitariness

Forms of solitariness

pluralsolitarinesses

Origin of solitariness

From solitary + -ness.

Questions about solitariness

What does solitariness mean?
Solitariness means the state or quality of being solitary.
What is solitariness in Tamil?
Solitariness in Tamil is தனிநிலை (taṉinilai). See Solitariness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is solitariness?
Solitariness is a noun.
How do you pronounce solitariness?
Solitariness is pronounced /ˈsɒlɪt(ə)ɹɪnəs/ (UK).
What is the plural of solitariness?
The plural of solitariness is solitarinesses.

Words near solitariness in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: solitariness (page history and authors); தனிநிலை (Tamil) (page history and authors); solitariness (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਇਕਾਂਤ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ରହ (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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