The meaning of Solitary

noun

A female anchorite.

Usage examples:

As a priest performed the ceremonies of the burial office, julian took up residence as an anchoress…

noun

A religious recluse.

Usage examples:

The land of the pharaohs was transformed; the festival hall of thutmosis iii in the temple of karna…

noun

Someone who lives alone and away from other people for religious reasons

adjective

Contrary to the laws and customs of society, in a way that causes annoyance and disapproval in others.

Usage examples:

Children's antisocial behaviour

adjective

Harmful to society

Usage examples:

Some critics argued that movies caused antisocial behavior., if you don’t hang out with your friend…

noun

A member of a monastic community.

Usage examples:

A cenobite is usually a monk in a monastery, as opposed to an anchorite, who is a monk living alone…

adjective

Enclosed by or having a cloister.

Usage examples:

A cloistered walkway

verb

Seclude or shut up in a convent or monastery.

Usage examples:

The monastery was where the brothers would cloister themselves to meditate

adjective

Having no companion; lacking companions.

noun

A christian hermit or recluse.

Usage examples:

The sheer volume of women involved makes russell look like a christian eremite from the days of the…

adjective

Having no friends; alone.

Usage examples:

They have been left virtually friendless

adjective

Without friends

Usage examples:

Friendless and jobless, he wondered how he would survive the year.

noun

A person living in solitude as a religious discipline.

Usage examples:

Secular idleness would have little meaning in solitude, and the religious contemplation of the herm…

noun

A person who lives alone and apart from society

adjective

Single; separate.

Usage examples:

Individual tiny flowers

noun

A single human being as distinct from a group.

Usage examples:

Boat trips for parties and individuals

noun

A single person or thing, esp. when compared to the group or set to which it belongs

Usage examples:

We will remember him as an individual who always tried to make people happy., every company has its…

noun

A shy, reticent person.

Usage examples:

I'm an introvert and don't like public speaking

adjective

Another term for introverted.

noun

Someone who is shy, quiet, and prefers to spend time alone rather than often being with other people

adjective

Of, denoting, or typical of an introvert.

Usage examples:

At school age they become cautious, quiet and introverted.

adjective

Shy, quiet, and preferring to spend time alone rather than often being with other people

Usage examples:

An introverted child, when she started school, she became cautious, quiet and introverted.

adjective

Having no companions; solitary or single.

Usage examples:

I approached a lone drinker across the bar

adjective

Being the only one in a place or situation; standing alone

Usage examples:

Her singing is backed by a lone piano.

noun

A person who likes to do things on their own without other people

adjective

Sad because one has no friends or company.

Usage examples:

Lonely old people whose families do not care for them

noun

A person that prefers not to associate with others.

Usage examples:

My interest in birdwatching had made me a bit of a loner

noun

Someone who prefers to be alone and to do things without other people

adjective

Solitary or lonely.

Usage examples:

She felt lonesome and out of things

adjective

(of someone) feeling sad because you are alone or are apart from someone, or (of something) causing this feeling

Usage examples:

She was feeling lonesome for her family., the lonesome whistle of a distant train

adjective

Different to what is usual or expected; strange.

Usage examples:

The neighbours thought him very odd

adjective

Strange or unexpected

Usage examples:

An odd person, that’s odd – i thought i left my glasses on the table but they’re not here., he’s go…

pronoun

Referring to a person or thing previously mentioned or easily identified.

Usage examples:

Her mood changed from one of moroseness to one of joy

suffix

Forming nouns denoting various compounds, especially ketones.

Usage examples:

Acetone

cardinal number

The lowest cardinal number; half of two; 1.

Usage examples:

There's only room for one person

adverb

And no one or nothing more besides; solely.

Usage examples:

There are only a limited number of tickets available

adjective

Alone of its or their kind; single or solitary.

Usage examples:

The only medal we had ever won

conjunction

Except that; but.

Usage examples:

He is still a young man, only he seems older because of his careworn expression

noun

A person who lives a solitary life and tends to avoid other people.

Usage examples:

She has turned into a virtual recluse

adjective

Favouring a solitary life.

Usage examples:

He was a very secretive sort of individual, a very recluse sort of a person, and didn't have much t…

noun

A person who lives alone and avoids going outside or talking to other people

adjective

Avoiding the company of other people; solitary.

Usage examples:

He led a reclusive life

adjective

Living alone and avoiding going outside or talking to other people

Usage examples:

A reclusive billionaire, she became increasingly reclusive after the tragedy.

adjective

Only one; not one of several.

Usage examples:

A single red rose

noun

An individual person or thing rather than part of a pair or a group.

Usage examples:

The end result is a photography of mythical proportions that is camouflaged in paint and operates i…

verb

Choose someone or something from a group for special treatment.

Usage examples:

One newspaper was singled out for criticism

noun

The undersurface of a person's foot.

Usage examples:

The soles of their feet were nearly black with dirt

verb

Put a new sole on to (a shoe).

Usage examples:

He wanted several pairs of boots to be soled and heeled

noun

A marine flatfish of almost worldwide distribution, important as a food fish.

Usage examples:

At a fish-and-chip shop called the balancing eel, a stone's throw from the quayside, cod, haddock, …

noun

An ascetic living on top of a pillar, especially in ancient or medieval syria, turkey, and greece in the 5th century ad.

Usage examples:

Watching him, i can't help but think of the stylites, fanatical christian monks of the middle ages …

adjective

Having no companion or escort.

Usage examples:

No unaccompanied children allowed

adjective

Without anyone with you, or (of the voice or an instrument) sung or played without other musical instruments

Usage examples:

Unaccompanied teens were banned from the mall., the kids sang an unaccompanied version of "skylark."

adjective

Being the only one of its kind; unlike anything else.

Usage examples:

The situation was unique in british politics

noun

A unique person or thing.

Usage examples:

Some of lamb's writings were so memorably beautiful as to be uniques in their class

The single one of its kind

adjective

Not enjoying or making an effort to behave sociably in the company of others.

Usage examples:

Terry was grumpy and unsociable

adjective

→  unsocial

adjective

Past participle of withdraw.

verb

Remove or take away (something) from a particular place or position.

Usage examples:

Ruth withdrew her hand from his

adjective

(of a person) preferring to be alone and taking little interest in other people

Usage examples:

During the winter, she became depressed and withdrawn.