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By oneself
Adverb for sad because one has no friends or company
“I'm a lonely little petunia in an onion patch, and all I do is cry all day.”
Adverb for solitary from being left alone
“I found a lonely little wood box at a thrift store and saw great potential for its use as a cutlery caddy.”
(of a place or location) Adverb for devoid of, or lacking in, inhabitants
“I would set up camp in a lonely section of the forest where I could reflect on the events that had transpired.”
(of a place or location) Adverb for very remote or inaccessible
“The system of ruthless terror, to which alone Lenin owed his success, followed us even into this lonely and remote village on the boundless steppe.”
(of a place or location) Adverb for having a somber or dismal atmosphere or nature
“A sense of dread would overcome her as she walked the lonely streets of the unfamiliar town.”
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