different between lone vs longly
lone
English
Etymology
Shortened from alone.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /l??n/
- (US) IPA(key): /lo?n/
- Rhymes: -??n
- Homophone: loan
Adjective
lone (not comparable)
- Solitary; having no companion.
- 1741, William Shenstone, The Judgment of Hercules
- When I have on those pathless wilds appeared, / And the lone wanderer with my presence cheered.
- The Bat—they called him the Bat. […]. He'd never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob, he played a lone hand, and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn't swear he knew his face.
- 1741, William Shenstone, The Judgment of Hercules
- Isolated or lonely; lacking companionship.
- Sole; being the only one of a type.
- Situated by itself or by oneself, with no neighbours.
- (archaic) Unfrequented by human beings; solitary.
- c. 1715, Alexander Pope, Epistle To Mrs Teresa Blount
- Thus vanish sceptres, coronets, and balls, / And leave you on lone woods, or empty walls.
- c. 1715, Alexander Pope, Epistle To Mrs Teresa Blount
- (archaic) Single; unmarried, or in widowhood.
- Collection of Records (1642)
- Queen Elizabeth being a lone woman.
- Collection of Records (1642)
Synonyms
- only
Derived terms
Related terms
- alone
Translations
Anagrams
- Elon, Leno, Leon, León, NOEL, Noel, Nole, Noël, elon, enol, leno, neol., noel, nole, noël, one L
Afrikaans
Noun
lone
- plural of loon
Dutch
Verb
lone
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of lonen
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?lone]
Noun
lone n
- locative singular of lono
Yola
Noun
lone
- Alternative form of lhoan
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longly
English
Etymology
From long +? -ly.
Adverb
longly (comparative more longly, superlative most longly)
- For a long time; wearisomely.
- (obsolete) With longing desire.
Usage notes
- The usual adverb corresponding to several adjective senses of long is itself also long, not longly.
longly From the web:
- lonely means
- what does lonely mean
- what does longly
- what dies longly mean
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