solitary
adjective
alone; without companions; unattended.
solitarily
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a word derived from
solitary.
Example Sentences
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For most of two nights, Lewis’ remains lay solitarily in the middle of the Capitol Rotunda with that military honor guard standing vigil.
From Fox News ● Aug. 30, 2020
Indeed, in one of the novel’s most enduring images, that coffin is what the narrator Ishmael clings to in solitarily surviving the Pequod’s destruction.
From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2017
No longer does Belle sit solitarily reading to disinterested sheep — “Oh isn’t this amazing” — she’s actively trying to get young women involved.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2017
But Jean Merle was living, and might continue to live another twenty years or more, thus solitarily and monotonously.
From Cobwebs and Cables by Hesba Stretton
All this may be had by anyone who will walk solitarily and with seeing eyes.
From Lynton and Lynmouth A Pageant of Cliff & Moorland by John Presland
