solitary
/ˈsɑlɪˌtɛɹi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.73 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Living or being by oneself; alone; having no companion present
adj
Not much visited or frequented; remote from society
adj
Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted
adj
Gloomy; dismal, because of not being inhabited.
Example Sentences
- "He brooded and intrigued fantastically. He was becoming one of the big-time solitaries. And he wasn't meant to be a solitary. He was meant to be in active life, a social creature."
- "The prisoners who started the riot were moved to solitary."
- "You must wonder why I'm relentless and all strung out/I'm consumed by the chill of solitary"
- "The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll."
- "Though we don’t all reach nirvana when we swim, swimming may well be that last refuge from connectivity — and, for some, the only way to find the solitary self."
- "Tilling my own grave to keep me level Jam another dragon down the hole Digging to the rhythm and the echo of a solitary siren One that pushes me along and leaves me so Desperate and ravenous"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: solitarie, sōlitārius
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsɑlɪˌtɛɹi/
- British English: /ˈsɒlɪt(ə)ɹi/