Adjective

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Living or being by one's self; alone; having no companion present; being without associates.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Obama goes troll-hunting , passage=The solitary , lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.}}

Performed, passed, or endured alone; as, a solitary journey; a solitary life.

Not much visited or frequented; remote from society; retired.

Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted; silent; still; hence, gloomy; dismal.

the solitary desert

* Bible, Lam. i. 1

How doth the city sit solitary , that was full of people.

* {{quote-book, year=1931, author=

, chapter=1/1, title= Death Walks in Eastrepps , passage=Eldridge closed the despatch-case with a snap and, rising briskly, walked down the corridor to his solitary table in the dining-car.}}

Single; individual; sole.

(botany) Not associated with others of the same kind.