1. Living alone not having company. Some of the more ferocious animals are solitary, seldom or never being found in flocks or herds. Thus the lion is called a solitary animal. Those rare and solitary, these in flocks.

2. Retired remote from society not having company, or not much frequented as a solitary residence or place.

3. Lonely destitute of company as a solitary life.

4. Gloomy still dismal. Let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein. Job 3 .

5. Single as a solitary instance of vengeance a solitary example.

6. In botany, separate one only in a place as a solitary stipule. A solitary flower is when there is only one to each peduncle a solitary seed, when there is only one in a pericarp.

SOL'ITARY, n. One that lives alone of in solitude a hermit a recluse.

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