Adjective

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Solitary; having no companion.

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*(William Shenstone) (1714–1763)

*:When I have on those pathless wilds appeared, / And the lone wanderer with my presence cheered.

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*:The Bat—they called him the Bat.. He'd never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob, he played a lone hand, and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn't swear he knew his face.

Isolated or lonely; lacking companionship.

Sole; being the only one of a type.

Situated by itself or by oneself, with no neighbours.

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*(Lord Byron) (1788-1824)

*:By a lone well a lonelier column rears.

(lb) Unfrequented by human beings; solitary.

*(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)

*:Thus vanish sceptres, coronets, and balls, / And leave you on lone woods, or empty walls.

(lb) Single; unmarried, or in widowhood.

*Collection of Records (1642)

*:Queen Elizabeth being a lone woman.

*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

*:A hundred mark is a long one for a poor lone woman to bear.

Adjective

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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.