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  1. 1. a. Quite by one's self; apart from, or exclusive of, others; single; solitary; -- applied to a person or thing. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Of or by itself; by themselves; without any thing more or any one else; without a sharer; only. Source: opted
  3. 3. a. Sole; only; exclusive. Source: opted
  4. 4. a. Hence; Unique; rare; matchless. Source: opted
  5. 5. adv. Solely; simply; exclusively. Source: opted
  6. 6. adj. isolated from others Source: wordnet
  7. 7. adj. lacking companions or companionship Source: wordnet
  8. 8. adj. exclusive of anyone or anything else Source: wordnet
  9. 9. adj. radically distinctive and without equal Source: wordnet
  10. 10. adv. without any others being included or involved Source: wordnet
  11. 11. adv. without anybody else or anything else Source: wordnet
  12. 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. Source: webster

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