different between alonely vs lonely

English

Etymology 1

From alone +? -ly.

Adjective

alonely (comparative alonelier or more alonely, superlative aloneliest or most alonely)

1. (archaic) Exclusive; sole; only.

Etymology 2

From Middle English aloonly, alonly, al only, equivalent to alone +? -ly, or more strictly, all- +? one +? -ly.

Adverb

alonely (comparative alonelier or more alonely, superlative aloneliest or most alonely)

1. (archaic) Only; merely; singly.
   • c. 1529, Hugh Latimer, Sermons on the Card

     This said spirit was not given alonely unto him, but unto all his heirs and posterity.

English

Etymology

From lone +? -ly, or from an apheretic shortening of alonely. See lone.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?l??nli/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?lo?nli/

Adjective

lonely (comparative lonelier, superlative loneliest)

1. Unhappy because of feeling isolated from contact with other people.
2. (of a place or time) Unfrequented by people; desolate.
3. (of a person) Without companions; solitary.

Synonyms

• (dejected): lonesome
• (unfrequented by people): desolate, desert, empty, unpeopled, unpopulated
• (without companions): solitary, alone, unaccompanied

Related terms

• lone

Translations

Anagrams

• Nolley