solitary
US /ˈsɑlɪˌtɛri/
・UK /'sɒlətrɪ/
B2
adj.AdjectiveDone alone; spending a lot of time alone
He was a solitary man who lived his entire life in the mountains
n.NounA punishment to keep a person alone in a cell
That prisoner was in solitary.
n.NounA person who chooses to live alone
He remained a solitary for years.
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Why Getting A Job Feels Impossible Right Now
- It's easy to put up a job and so many people can see that job. So when you get such an overwhelming response, it's often very difficult to get back to every single solitary candidate.
It's easy to put up a job and so many people can see that job. So when you get such an overwhelming response, it's often very difficult to get back to every single solitary candidate.
- So when you get such an overwhelming response, it's often very difficult to get back to every single solitary candidate.
So when you get such an overwhelming response, it's often very difficult to get back to every single solitary candidate.
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Full Audiobook with Subtitles and Chapters
- and solitary as an oyster. The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose,
and solitary as an oyster. The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose,
- solitary as an oyster, the cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shriveled his cheek, stiffened his gait, made his eyes red, his thin lips blue,
solitary as an oyster, the cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shriveled his cheek, stiffened his gait, made his eyes red, his thin lips blue,
The Need to be Alone
- By retreating into ourselves, it looks as if we are the enemies of other people - but our solitary moments are in reality a homage to the richness of social existence.
By retreating into ourselves, it looks as if we are the enemies of other people - but our solitary moments are in reality a homage to the richness of social existence.
- into ourselves, it looks as if we are the enemies of others, but our solitary moments
into ourselves, it looks as if we are the enemies of others, but our solitary moments
25 Facts About Hamsters
- Number 13: hamsters are solitary animals and do best on their own.
Number 13: hamsters are solitary animals and do best on their own.
- Hamsters are solitary animals and do best on their own.
Hamsters are solitary animals and do best on their own.
J.K. Rowling - A Year in the Life (ITV, 2007)
- You never imagine a crowd in a forest. It's a solitary place.
You never imagine a crowd in a forest. It's a solitary place.
- It's a solitary place.
It's a solitary place.
The Terrible Consequence of Being Easy-Going
- Their own problems, their own self-interests, and their own complicated array of experiences perceived from the solitary viewpoint of their head suddenly fall to the wayside when you come around and do anything.
Their own problems, their own self-interests, and their own complicated array of experiences perceived from the solitary viewpoint of their head suddenly fall to the wayside when you come around and do anything.
- their own complicated array of experiences perceived from the solitary viewpoint of their head suddenly fall to the wayside when you come around and do anything.
their own complicated array of experiences perceived from the solitary viewpoint of their head suddenly fall to the wayside when you come around and do anything.
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Audiobook with subtitles and a warm fire. Read by Greg Wagland.
- Secret and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster.
Secret and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster.
- generous fire; secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster.
generous fire; secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster.
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson | Full Audiobook
- by-street was very solitary and, in spite of the low growl of London from all round, very silent.
by-street was very solitary and, in spite of the low growl of London from all round, very silent.
- By ten o'clock when the shops were closed, the by-street was very solitary, and
By ten o'clock when the shops were closed, the by-street was very solitary, and
John McCain: Profile of a Maverick
- Only three months later, McCain was shot down over North Vietnam and taken prisoner in Hanoi, where he was held in solitary, tortured,
Only three months later, McCain was shot down over North Vietnam and taken prisoner in Hanoi, where he was held in solitary, tortured,
- he was held in solitary tortured
he was held in solitary tortured
Cosmic Sexy Time, Eggs, Seeds, and Water: Crash Course World Mythology #3
- Including water, a solitary creator, and best of all, vomiting.
It's a banner day for bodily fluids here at Crash Course.
Including water, a solitary creator, and best of all, vomiting. It's a banner day for bodily fluids here at Crash Course.
- The story of Bumba's creation from the Bushango Bantu people in Africa is remarkably similar, including water, a solitary creator,
The story of Bumba's creation from the Bushango Bantu people in Africa is remarkably similar, including water, a solitary creator,