solitarily

Variant of solitary

adjective

  1. living or being alone
  2. without others; single; only: a solitary example
  3. characterized by loneliness or lack of companions
  4. lonely; remote; unfrequented: a solitary place
  5. done in solitude
  6. Bot. occurring singly, as a flower
  7. Zool. living alone or in pairs; not colonial, social, etc.

Origin: ME < OFr solitaire < L solitarius < solus, alone, sole

noun pl. solitaries

  1. a person who lives alone; esp., a hermit
  2. Informal solitary confinement

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