by itself
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.09 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep_phrase
Declined form of by oneself.
Example Sentences
- "The court sought to establish that preparation for a crime, by itself, does not constitute an attempted crime."
- "The kitten was sitting by itself on the sidewalk, mewing, apparently expecting its mother to appear at any moment."