adjective. Existing, living, or going without others; alone: synonym: alone.

adjective. Happening, done, or made alone.

adjective. Remote from civilization; secluded.

adjective. Living alone or in pairs only.

adjective. Single and set apart from others.

noun. A person who lives alone; a recluse.

noun. Solitary confinement.

In astronomy, noting certain stars which have no conspicuous neighbors (a Hydræ, for instance), or stars which are not members of a binary system, visual or spectroscopic. Called by W. Herschel intersystematical.

Living alone, or by one's self or by itself; without companions or associates; habitually inclined to avoid company.

All by one's self; without companions; unattended.

Marked by solitude; especially, remote from society; unfrequented; retired; secluded; lonely: as, a solitary glen.

Free from the sounds of human life; still; dismal.

Having a sense of loneliness; lonesome.

Retiring; diffident.

Passed without company; shared by no companions; lonely.

Single; sole; only, or only one: as, a solitary instance; a solitary example.

In botany, one only in a place; separate: as, a solitary stipule.

In anatomy, single; separate; not clustered; not agminate or gathered into patches; simple; not compound: as, the solitary follicles of the intestine.

In zoöl.:

Not social, sociable, or gregarious: noting species living habitually alone, or in pairs only.

Simple; not compound, aggregate, or colonial: as, solitary ascidians. See Simplices.

noun. One who lives alone or in solitude; an anchorite; a recluse; a hermit.

noun. One who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchoret; a hermit; a recluse.

adjective. Living or being by one's self; having no companion present; being without associates; single; alone; lonely.

adjective. Performed, passed, or endured alone.

adjective. Not much visited or frequented; remote from society; retired; lonely.

adjective. Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted; silent; still; hence, gloomy; dismal.

adjective. Single; individual; sole.

adjective. Not associated with others of the same kind.

adjective. any solitary hymenopterous insect of the family Mutillidæ. The female of these insects is destitute of wings and has a powerful sting. The male is winged and resembles a wasp. Called also spider ant.

adjective. any species of bee which does not form communities.

adjective. an American tattler (Totanus solitarius).

adjective. the great snipe.

adjective. the starling.

noun. One who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchoret, hermit or recluse.

adjective. Living or being by one's self; alone; having no companion present; being without associates.

adjective. Performed, passed, or endured alone; as, a solitary journey; a solitary life.

adjective. Not much visited or frequented; remote from society; retired; as, a solitary residence or place.

adjective. Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted; silent; still; hence, gloomy; dismal; as, the solitary desert.

adjective. Single; individual; sole.

adjective. Not associated with others of the same kind.

adjective. being the only one; single and isolated from others

adjective. of plants and animals; not growing or living in groups or colonies

adjective. lacking companions or companionship

noun. one who lives in solitude

noun. confinement of a prisoner in isolation from other prisoners

adjective. devoid of creatures

adjective. characterized by or preferring solitude

"It is more difficult to say which extreme is worst, among _an equal number of individuals_; but probably the city; for in the country, vice is oftener solitary, and less frequently social; while in the city it is not only _social_ but also _solitary_."

solitary ants  solitary bees  solitary bundle  solitary confinement  solitary follicle  

single  unaccompanied  ungregarious  uninhabited  unsocial  

solitariness  solitary confinement  solitary tinamou  

confinement  

lone  lonely  miserable  occasional  silent  

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