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lone·some Listen to audio/ˈloʊnsəm/ adjective
[more lonesome; most lonesome] chiefly US 1 : sad from being apart from other people : lonely
He was/felt lonesome for his family.
2 : causing sad feelings that come from being apart from other people : lonely
The empty house seemed so lonesome.
3 : not visited by or traveled on by many people : lonely
a lonesome highway the lonesome frontier
(all) by your lonesome
informal : without anyone else : entirely alone
He sat by his lonesome [=by himself] at the dinner table. She made the cake all by her lonesome.

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