Alone

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Alone \A*lone"\, a. [All + one. OE. al one all allone, AS. [=a]n
     one, alone. See {All}, {One}, {Lone}.]
     1. Quite by one's self; apart from, or exclusive of, others;
        single; solitary; -- applied to a person or thing.
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              Alone on a wide, wide sea.            --Coleridge.
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              It is not good that the man should be alone. --Gen.
                                                    ii. 18.
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     2. Of or by itself; by themselves; without any thing more or
        any one else; without a sharer; only.
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              Man shall not live by bread alone.    --Luke iv. 4.
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              The citizens alone should be at the expense.
                                                    --Franklin.
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     3. Sole; only; exclusive. [R.]
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              God, by whose alone power and conversation we all
              live, and move, and have our being.   --Bentley.
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     4. Hence; Unique; rare; matchless. --Shak.
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     Note: The adjective alone commonly follows its noun.
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     {To let alone} or {To leave alone}, to abstain from
        interfering with or molesting; to suffer to remain in its
        present state.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Alone \A*lone"\, adv.
     Solely; simply; exclusively.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  alone
       adj 1: isolated from others; "could be alone in a crowded room";
              "was alone with her thoughts"; "I want to be alone"
              [syn: {alone(p)}]
       2: lacking companions or companionship; "he was alone when we
          met him"; "she is alone much of the time"; "the lone skier
          on the mountain"; "a lonely fisherman stood on a tuft of
          gravel"; "a lonely soul"; "a solitary traveler" [syn: {alone(p)},
           {lone(a)}, {lonely(a)}, {solitary}]
       3: exclusive of anyone or anything else; "she alone believed
          him"; "cannot live by bread alone"; "I'll have this car
          and this car only" [syn: {alone(p)}, {only}]
       4: radically distinctive and without equal; "he is alone in the
          field of microbiology"; "this theory is altogether alone
          in its penetration of the problem"; "Bach was unique in
          his handling of counterpoint"; "craftsmen whose skill is
          unequaled"; "unparalleled athletic ability"; "a breakdown
          of law unparalleled in our history" [syn: {alone(p)}, {unique},
           {unequaled}, {unequalled}, {unparalleled}]
       adv 1: without any others being included or involved; "was entirely
              to blame"; "a school devoted entirely to the needs of
              problem children"; "he works for Mr. Smith
              exclusively"; "did it solely for money"; "the burden
              of proof rests on the prosecution alone"; "a privilege
              granted only to him" [syn: {entirely}, {exclusively},
              {solely}, {only}]
       2: without anybody else; "the child stayed home alone"; "he
          flew solo" [syn: {solo}, {unaccompanied}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  95 Moby Thesaurus words for "alone":
     abandoned, absolute, alienated, all alone, aloof, apart, azygous,
     barely, but, by itself, celibate, companionless, deserted,
     desolate, detached, entirely, excellent, exclusively,
     first and last, friendless, good, homeless, impair, in solitude,
     in the singular, incomparable, independently, individually,
     inimitable, insular, isolate, isolated, just, kithless, lone,
     lonely, lonesome, matchless, merely, odd, once, one and only,
     one by one, only, only-begotten, out-of-the-way, particularly,
     peerless, per se, plainly, private, purely, remote, removed,
     retired, rootless, secluded, second to none, separate, separated,
     separately, severally, simply, simply and solely, single-handed,
     single-handedly, singly, singular, singularly, sole, solely,
     solitary, solo, superior, unabetted, unaccompanied, unaided,
     unassisted, unattended, unequaled, unescorted, unexampled,
     unexcelled, unique, unmatched, unpaired, unparalleled,
     unrepeatable, unrepeated, unrivaled, unseconded, unsupported,
     unsurpassed, withdrawn, without equal
  
  

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  ALONE, adj.  In bad company.
  
      In contact, lo! the flint and steel,
      By spark and flame, the thought reveal
      That he the metal, she the stone,
      Had cherished secretly alone.
                                                             Booley Fito