solitary
adjective
alone; without companions; unattended.
solitariness
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a word derived from
solitary.
Example Sentences
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In 2020, Eliza Hittman's critically-acclaimed Never Rarely Sometimes Always explored the solitariness and vulnerability of a teenage girl heading to New York City in the 1970s trying to get an abortion.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2022
But be careful not to confuse the contented solitariness of a preteen bookworm with unhappiness.
From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2021
There was something of St. Joan about it, and his solitariness appealed to the French collective myth of the single defiant individual.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 13, 2018
"But even when I was doing all the wild stuff, there was always a certain solitariness there, so maybe it came out of that."
From The Guardian ● Jun. 1, 2013
I enjoyed the discipline and solitariness of long-distance running, which allowed me to escape from the hurly-burly of school life.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
