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Lonely vs Aline - What's the difference?

lonely | aline |

As an adjective lonely

is unhappy because of feelings of loneliness.

As a verb aline is

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lonely

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Unhappy because of feelings of loneliness.
  • *
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= The new masters and commanders , passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}
  • unfrequented by people; desolate.
  • without companions; solitary.

    • Synonyms

    * (dejected) lonesome * (unfrequented by people) desolate, desert, empty, unpeopled, unpopulated * (without companions) solitary, alone, unaccompanied

    Related terms

    * lone

    aline

    English

    Alternative forms

    * align

    Etymology 1

    From , (etyl) aligner .

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To form in line; to fall into line.
  • To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line.
  • :* {{quote-book, year=1963
    • , year_published=2005 , edition=digitized , editor= , author=US National Bureau of Standards , title= , chapter= citation , genre=Science , publisher=US Govt. Printing Office , isbn= , page=69 , passage=Nuclear Orientation.' Studies made of the photoneutron cross section in the region of the giant resonance, using an ' alined holmium target, directly confirmed the theory that this cross section is associated with the two axes of the deformed nucleus. }}
  • :* {{quote-book, year=1975
    • , year_published= , edition= , editor= , author=Royal Society , title=Mathematical and Physical Sciences , chapter= citation , genre=Mathematics , publisher=Royal Society of London , isbn= , page=167 , passage=Field-alined electron intensities were not found in the low-altitude signature of the plasma sheet. }}
  • To adhere oneself with a group or a way of thinking.
  • :* {{quote-book, year=1977
    • , year_published= , edition= , editor= , author=Joint Publications Research Service , title=Translations on Sub-Saharan Africa , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher= , isbn= , page=34 , passage=The first item to be studied is the present status of the technical development of radio and television in the non-alined countries. }}

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • in line
  • :* {{quote-web, date=2009-01-26
    • , year= , first= , last= , author=Michele Wissot , authorlink= , title=New Year, New Numbers , site=Huffington Post citation , archiveorg= , accessdate= , passage=So instead of looking to the stock market for some quick fix, why not see what the stars have aline ? }}
    Derived terms
    * alinement

    Anagrams

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