solitary
/ˈsɑlɪˌtɛɹi/ sustantivo C2En español: solitario
- One who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchorite, hermit or recluse.
- The state of being solitary; solitude
Plural solitaries
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or solitary confinement.
Sight and hearing were the only senses remaining, and they, like two solitary sparks, remained to animate the miserable body which seemed fit for nothing but the grave; it was only, however, by means of one of these senses that he could reveal the thoughts and feelings that still occupied his mind, and the look by which he gave expression to his inner life was like the distant gleam of a candle which a traveller sees by night across some desert place, and knows that a living being dwells beyond the silence and obscurity.
The recent events, the solitary and eccentric position of the count, his enormous, nay, almost incredible fortune, should have made men cautious, and have altogether prevented ladies visiting a house where there was no one of their own sex to receive them; and yet curiosity had been enough to lead them to overleap the bounds of prudence and decorum.
A CERTAIN poor widow had one solitary Sheep.
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