Adjective

(en adjective)

Of a person, full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed; distraught.

Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; lamentable; grievous.

sorrowful accident

* 1900 , L. Frank Baum , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23

She threw her arms around the Lion's neck and kissed him, patting his big head tenderly. Then she kissed the Tin Woodman, who was weeping in a way most dangerous to his joints. But she hugged the soft, stuffed body of the Scarecrow in her arms instead of kissing his painted face, and found she was crying herself at this sorrowful parting from her loving comrades.

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.