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solus

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so·lus  (sls)
adv. & adj.
By oneself; alone. Used as a stage direction to a male character.

[Latin slus, alone; see solo.]

solus [ˈsəʊləs]
adj
1. alone; separate
2. (Business / Marketing) of or denoting the position of an advertising poster or press advertisement that is separated from competing advertisements a solus position
3. (Business / Commerce) of or denoting a retail outlet, such as a petrol station, that sells the products of one company exclusively a solus site
4. (Performing Arts / Theatre) fem sola alone; by oneself (formerly used in stage directions)
[from Latin sōlus alone]


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Omnium consensu capax imperii, nisi imperasset, saith Tacitus of Galba; but of Vespasian he saith, Solus imperantium, Vespasianus mutatus in melius; though the one was meant of sufficiency, the other of manners, and affection.
I know I did not reason, I did not plan or intend, yet, whereas one moment I was sitting solus on the chair near the table, the next, I held Frances on my knee, placed there with sharpness and decision, and retained with exceeding tenacity.
- he had prepared a huge stick, the other day, with which to chastise me for giving him the slip, and spending the day, solus, among the hills on the main land.
 
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