Lonely Definition

lōnlē
lonelier, loneliest
adjective
lonelier, loneliest
Alone; solitary.
Webster's New World
Producing such dejection.
The loneliest night of the week.
American Heritage
Standing apart from others of its kind; isolated.
Webster's New World
Unfrequented or uninhabited.
Webster's New World
Unhappy at being alone; longing for friends, company, etc.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Lonely

Adjective

Base Form:
lonely
Comparative:
lonelier
Superlative:
loneliest

Origin of Lonely

  • From lone +"Ž -ly, or from an apheretic shortening of alonely. See lone.

    From Wiktionary

Lonely Sentence Examples

  • It gets lonely out there all by myself.

  • It gets lonely out here.

  • Their house was lonely, and a little scary without them.

  • Strange, it had never seemed lonely here before.

  • She stared into the pool, remembering a lonely childhood.

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Words Starting With

LLOLON

Words Ending With

YLYELY

Unscrambles

lonely

Words Starting With L and Ending With Y

Starts With L & Ends With YStarts With LO & Ends With YStarts With L & Ends With LY

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With L6 Letter Words Ending With Y