Solitariness Meaning
/ˈsɒlɪt(ə)ɹɪnəs/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe state or quality of being solitary.
Sentence Examples
He enjoyed the quiet solitariness of his long walks in the woods.
Solitariness is the state of being alone and away from others.
He enjoyed the quiet solitariness of his cabin in the woods.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After moving to a remote mountain cabin, he enjoyed the ____ of his new life.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He enjoyed the extreme ____ of his remote cabin, far away from the noise and stress of city life.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English solitary Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English solitariness From solitary + -ness.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"In both a mazefull ſolitarineſſe: / In night of ſprites the gaſtly powers to ſtur, / In thee or ſprites or ſprited gaſtlineſſe: […]"
— c. 1580s, Philip Sidney, “Astrophel and Stella”, in [Mary Sidney], editor, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia […] [The New Arcadia], 3rd edition, London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1598, →OCLC, sonnet 96, page 564:
"I saw a Deane of S. Hillarie of Poictiers, reduced by reason and the incommoditie of his melancholy to such a continuall solitarinesse, that when I entered into his chamber he had never removed one step out of it in two and twenty yeares before[…]."
— 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 8, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
"So much as doing good is better than not doing evil, will I account Christian good fellowship better than an eremitish and melancholy solitariness."
— 1646, Jos[eph] Hall, The Balme of Gilead: Or, Comforts for the Distressed, both Morall and Divine. […], London: […] M[iles] Flesher, for Nat[haniel] Butter, →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After moving to a remote mountain cabin, he enjoyed the ____ of his new life.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He enjoyed the extreme ____ of his remote cabin, far away from the noise and stress of city life.