solitariness

sol·i·tar·y (s

-t

)

adj.

1. Existing, living, or going without others; alone: a solitary traveler. See Synonyms at alone.

2. Happening, done, or made alone: a solitary evening; solitary pursuits such as reading and sewing.

3. Remote from civilization; secluded: a solitary retreat.

4. Having no companions; lonesome or lonely.

5. Zoology Living alone or in pairs only: solitary wasps; solitary sparrows.

6. Single and set apart from others: a solitary instance of cowardice.

n. pl. sol·i·tar·ies

1. A person who lives alone; a recluse.

2. Solitary confinement.

[Middle English, from Old French solitaire, from Latin slitrius, from slits, solitude, from slus, alone; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots.]

soli·tari·ly (-târ

-l

) adv.

soli·tari·ness n.

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Noun	1.	solitariness - the state of being alone in solitary isolation loneliness isolation - a state of separation between persons or groups
	2.	solitariness - a disposition toward being alone aloneness, lonesomeness, loneliness friendlessness - being without friends reclusiveness - a disposition to prefer seclusion or isolation disposition, temperament - your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition"

Translations

solitariness

n (of task) → Einsamkeit f; (of life) → Abgeschiedenheit f

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Aloneness desolation disposition friendlessness isolation loneliness lonesomeness reclusiveness Solitariety solitary temperament	With Hayward, Philip had disdained humanity in the mass; he adopted the attitude of one who wraps himself in solitariness and watches with disgust the antics of the vulgar; but Clutton and Lawson talked of the multitude with enthusiasm. Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context Sir Thomas's sending away his son seemed to her so like a parent's care, under the influence of a foreboding of evil to himself, that she could not help feeling dreadful presentiments; and as the long evenings of autumn came on, was so terribly haunted by these ideas, in the sad solitariness of her cottage, as to be obliged to take daily refuge in the dining-room of the Park. Mansfield Park by Austen, Jane View in context It was painful to look upon their deserted grounds, and still worse to anticipate the new hands they were to fall into; and to escape the solitariness and the melancholy of so altered a village, and be out of the way when Admiral and Mrs Croft first arrived, she had determined to make her own absence from home begin when she must give up Anne. Persuasion by Austen, Jane View in context	Solidungulate Solidungulous solidus solifidian solifidianism solifluction Soliform Solifugae Solihull soliloquise soliloquize soliloquy Soliman Solimões Solingen Soliped Solipedous solipsism solipsist solipsistic Solisequious solitaire Solitarian Solitariety Solitarily solitariness solitary Solitary ant Solitary bee solitary confinement solitary pussytoes Solitary sandpiper Solitary snipe Solitary thrush solitary vireo solitary wave soliton soliton wave solitude solitudinarian Solivagant Solivagous Sollar Sollein solleret sollicker solmisation solmizate solmization solo solo blast	SOLIR Soliris Solis Solis Solís y Rivadeneyra, Antonio de Solisequious Solisia Solisia SOLIT solitaire solitaire solitaire Solitaire card game Solitaire card game Solitaire Showdown solitaires solitaires Solitare Solitare Solitarian Solitarian solitaries solitaries solitaries solitaries Solitariety solitarily solitarily solitarily solitarily solitariness solitary solitary solitary solitary solitary abode Solitary ant Solitary ascidian Solitary bee Solitary Bees Solitary Benign Nonparasitic Hepatic Cyst solitary bone cyst solitary bone cyst solitary bone cyst Solitary bone involvement Solitary bundle solitary coin lesion solitary confinement solitary confinement solitary confinement solitary confinements solitary confinements solitary confinements solitary congenital nodular calcification solitary cyst solitary cyst solitary cyst solitary cyst solitary f solitary f solitary f

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lonesomeness
reclusiveness
Solitariety
solitary
temperament

With Hayward, Philip had disdained humanity in the mass; he adopted the attitude of one who wraps himself in solitariness and watches with disgust the antics of the vulgar; but Clutton and Lawson talked of the multitude with enthusiasm.

Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context

Sir Thomas's sending away his son seemed to her so like a parent's care, under the influence of a foreboding of evil to himself, that she could not help feeling dreadful presentiments; and as the long evenings of autumn came on, was so terribly haunted by these ideas, in the sad solitariness of her cottage, as to be obliged to take daily refuge in the dining-room of the Park.

Mansfield Park by Austen, Jane View in context

It was painful to look upon their deserted grounds, and still worse to anticipate the new hands they were to fall into; and to escape the solitariness and the melancholy of so altered a village, and be out of the way when Admiral and Mrs Croft first arrived, she had determined to make her own absence from home begin when she must give up Anne.

Persuasion by Austen, Jane View in context

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