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alone

1. alone \*-'lo-n\ aj [ME, fr.al all + one one] 1: separated from others : 
   ISOLATED  2: exclusive of anyone or anything else : ONLY  3: INCOMPARABLE, 
   UNIQUE N, DESOLATE mean being apart from others. ALONE stresses the 
   objective fact of being entirely by oneself; SOLITARY implies the absence 
   of any others of the same kind; LONELY adds to SOLITARY the suggestion of 
   longing for companionship; LONESOME heightens the implication of 
   dreariness; FORLORN and DESOLATE both emphasize dreariness and a sense of 
   loss but DESOLATE implies a sharper and more poignant sense of loneliness 
   SYN syn ALONE, SOLITARY, LONELY, LONESOME, FORLOR 
2. alone av 1: SOLELY, EXCLUSIVELY  2: without aid or support