"lonely" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈləʊnli/ [UK], /ˈloʊnli/ [US] Audio: en-us-lonely.ogg [US] Forms: lonely [positive], lonelier [comparative], loneliest [superlative]
Etymology: lone + -ly Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|lone|ly}} lone + -ly Head templates: {{adj|lonely|lonelier|loneliest}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you feel lonely, you feel sad because you are alone.
    Sense id: simple-lonely-en-adj-QNJPXcB0
  2. A lonely place is a place with few people, often far from a city or town.
    Sense id: simple-lonely-en-adj-Gg8mc7KU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ly
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