solitariness
孤独,孤独性,孤独感,独处
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Definitions
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- : alone; without companions; unattended: a solitary passer-by.
- : living alone; avoiding the society of others: a solitary existence.
- : by itself; alone: one solitary house.
- : characterized by the absence of companions: a solitary journey.
- : done without assistance or accompaniment; done in solitude: solitary chores.
- : being the only one: a solitary exception.
- : characterized by solitude, as a place; unfrequented, secluded, or lonely: a solitary cabin in the woods.
- : Zoology. living habitually alone or in pairs, as certain wasps.Compare social.
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plural sol·i·tar·ies.
- : a person who lives alone or in solitude, or avoids the society of others.
- : a person who lives in solitude from religious motives.
- : solitary confinement.
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Examples
Among those in the mix is one that would ban the use of solitary confinement.
In staged battles between a trio of workers and a solitary soldier ant from a different species, Atta cephalotes, this mineral armor singlehandedly tipped the scale in the workers’ favor, the researchers say.
That means solitary stays locked in hotel rooms overseas after long shifts on the flight deck, and occasionally lengthy enforced quarantines.
Colugos were once thought to be solitary animals, Miard says.
My picks were private solitary escapes nestled in nature and accessible via car.
The group encompasses Byrne's art-rock solitariness and the dissociation effects in the spare—somewhat Godardian—staging.
Indeed, lunching at any Club in solitariness that day, with Aminta away from home, was bitter penance.
Nothing gives more content than solitariness, no (p. 14) solitariness like this of a single life.
I have known men grow into a state of incurable idiocy after a few months' solitariness.
They are much addicted to solitariness, and weary of company for the most part.
This solitariness in the great unknown world dazed the child.