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  alone
       adj 1: isolated from others; "could be alone in a crowded room";
              "was alone with her thoughts"; "I want to be alone"
              [syn: alone(p)]
       2: lacking companions or companionship; "he was alone when we
          met him"; "she is alone much of the time"; "the lone skier
          on the mountain"; "a lonely fisherman stood on a tuft of
          gravel"; "a lonely soul"; "a solitary traveler" [syn: alone(p),
           lone(a), lonely(a), solitary]
       3: exclusive of anyone or anything else; "she alone believed
          him"; "cannot live by bread alone"; "I'll have this car
          and this car only" [syn: alone(p), only]
       4: radically distinctive and without equal; "he is alone in the
          field of microbiology"; "this theory is altogether alone
          in its penetration of the problem"; "Bach was unique in
          his handling of counterpoint"; "craftsmen whose skill is
          unequaled"; "unparalleled athletic ability"; "a breakdown
          of law unparalleled in our history" [syn: alone(p), unique,
           unequaled, unequalled, unparalleled]
       adv 1: without any others being included or involved; "was entirely
              to blame"; "a school devoted entirely to the needs of
              problem children"; "he works for Mr. Smith
              exclusively"; "did it solely for money"; "the burden
              of proof rests on the prosecution alone"; "a privilege
              granted only to him" [syn: entirely, exclusively,
              solely, only]
       2: without anybody else; "the child stayed home alone"; "he
          flew solo" [syn: solo, unaccompanied]