| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Lacking the company of others: alone, companionless, lone, lonesome, single, solitary, unaccompanied. See INCLUDE. 2. Dejected due to the awareness of being alone: desolate, forlorn, lonesome, lorn. See HAPPY. 3. Empty of people: deserted, desolate, forlorn, godforsaken, lonesome, unfrequented. See FULL. 4. Far from centers of human population: back, insular, isolated, lonesome, obscure, outlying, out-of-the-way, remote, removed, secluded, solitary. Idioms: off the beaten path (or track) . See NEAR.
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