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Word entry · 4 letters

lone

Best crossword clue

"Single by itself"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /ləʊn/Part of speech adjectiveSorted elnoStarts with LEnds with E2 cluesVery common crossword word
1L2O3N4E

Definitions

  1. being the only one; single and isolated from others

Word origin

Shortened from alone.

Used in a sentence

  • a lone traveler or watcher
  • When I have on those pathless wilds appeared, / And the lone wanderer with my presence cheered.
  • The Bat—they called him the Bat.[…]. He'd never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob, he played a lone hand, and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn't swear he knew his face.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Single by itself4 letters
02Solitary4 letters

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