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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Alone \A*lone"\, a. [All + one. OE. al one all allone, AS. [=a]n one, alone. See {All}, {One}, {Lone}.] 1. Quite by one's self; apart from, or exclusive of, others; single; solitary; -- applied to a person or thing. [1913 Webster] Alone on a wide, wide sea. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster] It is not good that the man should be alone. --Gen. ii. 18. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or by itself; by themselves; without any thing more or any one else; without a sharer; only. [1913 Webster] Man shall not live by bread alone. --Luke iv. 4. [1913 Webster] The citizens alone should be at the expense. --Franklin. [1913 Webster] 3. Sole; only; exclusive. [R.] [1913 Webster] God, by whose alone power and conversation we all live, and move, and have our being. --Bentley. [1913 Webster] 4. Hence; Unique; rare; matchless. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Note: The adjective alone commonly follows its noun. [1913 Webster] {To let alone} or {To leave alone}, to abstain from interfering with or molesting; to suffer to remain in its present state. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Alone \A*lone"\, adv. Solely; simply; exclusively. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: alone 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}, {alone}, {only}] 2: without anybody else or anything else; "the child stayed home alone"; "the pillar stood alone, supporting nothing"; "he flew solo" [syn: {alone}, {solo}, {unaccompanied}] adj 1: isolated from others; "could be alone in a crowded room"; "was alone with her thoughts"; "I want to be alone" 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}]