Thesaurus: alone

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1. a. Quite by one's self; apart from, or exclusive of, others; single; solitary; -- applied to a person or thing.
2. a. Of or by itself; by themselves; without any thing more or any one else; without a sharer; only.
3. a. Sole; only; exclusive.
4. a. Hence; Unique; rare; matchless.
5. adv. Solely; simply; exclusively.
6. adj. isolated from others
7. adj. lacking companions or companionship
8. adj. exclusive of anyone or anything else
9. adj. radically distinctive and without equal
10. adv. without any others being included or involved
11. adv. without anybody else or anything else
12. 1. Quite by one's self; apart from, or exclusive of, others; single; solitary; -- applied to a person or thing. Alone on a wide, wide sea. Coleridge. It is not good that the man should be alone. Gen. ii. 18. 2. Of or by itself; by themselves; without any thing more or any one else; without a sharer; only. Man shall not live by bread alone. Luke iv. 4. The citizens alone should be at the expense. Franklin. 3. Sole; only; exclusive. [R.] God, by whose alone power and conversation we all live, and move, and have our being. Bentley. 4. Hence; Unique; rare; matchless. Shak. Note: The adjective alone commonly follows its noun. To let or leave alone, to abstain from interfering with or molesting; to suffer to remain in its present state. Solely; simply; exclusively.