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What does solitary mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word solitary? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. One who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchoret, hermit or recluse.
  2. (uncountable) solitary confinement
Adjective
  1. Living or being by oneself; alone; having no companion present; being without associates.
  2. Performed, passed, or endured alone; as, a solitary journey; a solitary life.
  3. Not much visited or frequented; remote from society; retired.
  4. Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted; silent; still; hence, gloomy; dismal.
  5. Single; individual; sole.
  6. (botany) Not associated with others of the same kind.
Noun
  1. (archaic) The Rodrigues solitaire (Pezophaps solitaria), an extinct flightless bird.
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