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lonely

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Etymology

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Fromlone +‎-ly, or from an apheretic shortening ofalonely. Seelone.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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lonely (comparativelonelier,superlativeloneliest)

  1. Unhappy due tofeelingisolated fromcontact with other people.
    • 1941, “At Last”, Mack Gordon, Harry Warren (music), performed by Glenn Miller, Ray Eberle (vocals), and Pat Friday (vocals):
      At last
      My love has come along
      Mylonely days are over
      And life is like a song
    • 1956, “Heartbreak Hotel”, Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden, Elvis Presley (lyrics), performed byElvis Presley:
      Well, since my baby left me,
      Well, I found a new place to dwell.
      Well, it's down at the end of Lonely Street
      At Heartbreak Hotel.
      Where I'll be, I'll be solonely, baby
      Well, I'm solonely
      I'll be solonely, I could die.
    • 1957,Jack Kerouac, chapter 13, inOn the Road, Penguin, published1976,→OCLC, part 1,page86:
      LA is theloneliest and most brutal of American cities; New York gets god-awful cold in the winter but there’s a feeling of wacky comradeship somewhere in some streets. LA is a jungle.
    • 1980 March 7,Billy Joel, “You May Be Right”, inGlass Houses‎[1]:
      You werelonely for a man
      I said, "Take me as I am"
      'Cause you might enjoy some madness for a while
    • 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, inThe Economist, volume407, number8839, page52:
      From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port afterlonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.
  2. (of a place or time)Unfrequented bypeople;desolate.
    • 1906,Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany],Time and the Gods‎[2], London: William Heineman,→OCLC,page 2:
      Only to those to whom inlonely passes in the night the gods have spoken, leaning through the stars, to those that have heard the voices of the gods above the morning or seen Their faces bending above the sea, only to those hath it been given to see Sardathrion, to stand where her pinnacles gathered together in the night fresh from the dreams of gods.
    • 1970, Wilfrido D. Nolledo, chapter 19, inBut for the Lovers, Dalkey Archive Press,page165:
      […] San Sebastian Church was desolate in the courtyard; emptier,lonelier inside with its pews stretched out like fallen pylons varnished by dolorous residue. From each candlelit nook stared in stony despair one after another saint, regal and rueful: proffering forgiveness, peace,a todo.
  3. (of a person)Withoutcompanions;solitary.

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of person: unhappy by feeling isolated
of place: desolate
solitary—seesolitary

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