Definition of Alone

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ALONE adjective

	In bad company. In contact, lo! the flint and steel, By spark and flame, the thought reveal That he the metal, she the stone, Had cherished secretly alone. Booley Fito

		definition from: *The Devil's Dictionary* by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

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Regular definition:

ALONE:
??l?un adj. & adv. --predic.adj. 1 a without others present (they wanted to be alone; the tree stood alone). b without others' help (succeeded alone). c lonely and wretched (felt alone). 2 (often foll. by in) standing by oneself in an opinion etc. (was alone in thinking this). --adv. only, exclusively (you alone can help me). øgo it alone act by oneself without assistance. øøaloneness n. [ME f. ALL + ONE]

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