Adjective

(en adjective)

By oneself, solitary.

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*(Bible), (w) ii. 18

*:It is not good that the man should be alone .

*(Samuel Taylor Coleridge) (1772-1834)

*:Alone on a wide, wide sea.

Apart from, or exclusive of, others.

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*(Richard Bentley) (1662-1742)

*:God, by whose alone power and conversation we all live, and move, and have our being.

Considered separately.

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*:“[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone , without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”

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Without equal.

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(lb) Unique; rare; matchless.

:(Shakespeare)

Adjective

(er)

Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.

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Based on factually incorrect premises: false legislation

Spurious, artificial.

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*:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.

(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.

Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.

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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.

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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)

*:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.

Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.

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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)

*:whose false foundation waves have swept away

Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.

(lb) Out of tune.