lonely

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Unhappy because you are alone or have no friends near you.

   She felt lonely after all her friends moved away.

2. 2
   adj

   Without other people; on your own.

   He spent a lonely evening reading by himself.

3. 3
   adj

   Far from where people live; quiet and empty.

   The cabin stood at a lonely crossroads in the hills.

From lone + -ly, or from an apheretic shortening of alonely. See lone.

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