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solitary
3 ENTRIES FOUND:
Learner's definition of SOLITARY
1
a : without anyone or anything else : not involving or including anyone or anything else独自的；单独的 — sometimes used in negative statements to emphasize a complete lack of something有时用于否定句，强调完全缺乏某物
- a solitary traveler独自旅行者
- We saw one solitary [=single] figure coming over the horizon.我们看到一个孤零零的身影从天边走来。
- I could not hear a solitary [=single] word of what he said.他的话我一个字也听不到。
b : done by a person who is alone独自完成的
- He took a solitary walk/stroll on the beach.他在沙滩上独自漫步。
- a solitary job独立完成的工作
2
: separate from other people or things孤立的
- A solitary house stood on top of the cliff.—栋房子兀立于悬崖之巅。
3
[more solitary; most solitary] : tending to live or spend time alone独居的；独处的
- Most cats are solitary creatures.大部分的猫都是独居动物。
- He's a very solitary man.他非常喜欢独处。
2 solitary /ˈsɑːləˌteri/ Brit /ˈsɒlətri/ noun
2 solitary
/ˈsɑːləˌteri/ Brit /ˈsɒlətri/
noun
Learner's definition of SOLITARY
[noncount]
plural solitaries
Synonyms
Example Sentences
Adjective He took a solitary walk on the beach. A solitary house stood on top of the cliff. Most cats are solitary creatures. He's a very solitary man. Noun The prisoner was kept in solitary. weary of European civilization, the painter Paul Gauguin famously abandoned France to become a solitary in the South Seas See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2022 Rajabian was arrested in 2013, put in solitary confinement for three months, released on bail and arrested again in 2015 for recording an album titled The History of Iran Narrated By Setar (a lute-like instrument used in traditional Persian music). Frank Digiacomo, Billboard, 8 Sep. 2022 In solitary confinement, human touch becomes as precious as water in the desert. James Burns, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2022 Until the recent settlement of a lawsuit, which accused the state of Florida of inhumanely subjecting death row inmates to solitary confinement, inmates spent their time alone, able to talk to nearby inmates only through the bars of their cells. David Fleshler, Sun Sentinel, 3 Sep. 2022 The question of how to continue after a life-altering loss is examined but unresolved, and the narrator returns at the end to his solitary existence in Florida with a sense of his grief renewed, and of gratitude for it. Alan Hollinghurst, The New York Review of Books, 3 Aug. 2022 They can also be housed with other inmates after being held in solitary cells on Death Row. Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Jan. 2022 Outside of interacting with the players, the guards’ existence has a very high-tech prison feel, with scanned masks, no-nonsense gray walls, and solitary cells. Quinci Legardye, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2021 Even more so for an 82-year-old who has spent three decades living a solitary existence on a paradise island. Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 25 Sep. 2021 Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2022 Witnesses at the hearing told the committee that any time in solitary can be life-altering. NBC News, 28 Apr. 2022 Witnesses at the hearing told the committee that any time in solitary can be life-altering. Annie Waldman, ProPublica, 28 Apr. 2022 How has your thinking about reading as a solitary or a social act evolved during this time? Eve Bowen, The New York Review of Books, 5 Mar. 2022 In retaliation, Cohen says he was sent back to prison and spent 16 days in solitary until a federal judge intervened. Dan Berman, CNN, 12 Feb. 2022 Machen’s father was an impecunious clergyman, his mother an invalid, and their son a solitary but not lonely child. Michael Dirda, The New York Review of Books, 28 May 2020 As an interesting side note, this little pirate ship included the solitary (and sometimes cantankerous) engineer, Steve Anderson, who produced Ford police packages, under the glamorous banner DSO, for Dealer Special Order. Mark Ewing, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021 While one solitary dropped shot left him just three shots shy of Justin Rose in the lead, the emotions were too much for Kim. Ben Morse, CNN, 9 Apr. 2021 See More
Adjective
The case against Masters, who spent years in solitary confinement, was built on the testimony of several other inmates, and on notes outlining the attack that were found in Masters’ handwriting. Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2022 Rajabian was arrested in 2013, put in solitary confinement for three months, released on bail and arrested again in 2015 for recording an album titled The History of Iran Narrated By Setar (a lute-like instrument used in traditional Persian music). Frank Digiacomo, Billboard, 8 Sep. 2022 In solitary confinement, human touch becomes as precious as water in the desert. James Burns, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2022 Until the recent settlement of a lawsuit, which accused the state of Florida of inhumanely subjecting death row inmates to solitary confinement, inmates spent their time alone, able to talk to nearby inmates only through the bars of their cells. David Fleshler, Sun Sentinel, 3 Sep. 2022 The question of how to continue after a life-altering loss is examined but unresolved, and the narrator returns at the end to his solitary existence in Florida with a sense of his grief renewed, and of gratitude for it. Alan Hollinghurst, The New York Review of Books, 3 Aug. 2022 They can also be housed with other inmates after being held in solitary cells on Death Row. Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Jan. 2022 Outside of interacting with the players, the guards’ existence has a very high-tech prison feel, with scanned masks, no-nonsense gray walls, and solitary cells. Quinci Legardye, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2021 Even more so for an 82-year-old who has spent three decades living a solitary existence on a paradise island. Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 25 Sep. 2021 Noun
With its sprawling freeways and solitary, car-centric culture, Los Angeles is not known as an easy place to make friends. Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2022 Witnesses at the hearing told the committee that any time in solitary can be life-altering. NBC News, 28 Apr. 2022 Witnesses at the hearing told the committee that any time in solitary can be life-altering. Annie Waldman, ProPublica, 28 Apr. 2022 How has your thinking about reading as a solitary or a social act evolved during this time? Eve Bowen, The New York Review of Books, 5 Mar. 2022 In retaliation, Cohen says he was sent back to prison and spent 16 days in solitary until a federal judge intervened. Dan Berman, CNN, 12 Feb. 2022 Machen’s father was an impecunious clergyman, his mother an invalid, and their son a solitary but not lonely child. Michael Dirda, The New York Review of Books, 28 May 2020 As an interesting side note, this little pirate ship included the solitary (and sometimes cantankerous) engineer, Steve Anderson, who produced Ford police packages, under the glamorous banner DSO, for Dealer Special Order. Mark Ewing, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021 While one solitary dropped shot left him just three shots shy of Justin Rose in the lead, the emotions were too much for Kim. Ben Morse, CNN, 9 Apr. 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
Adjective
Middle English, solitarie, from Anglo-French, from Latin solitarius, from solitas aloneness, from solus alone
First Known Use
Adjective
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Noun
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of solitary was in the 14th century Phrases Containing solitary
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