alone | Origin and meaning of alone by Online Etymology Dictionary

alone (adj.)

exclusive of anyone or anything else;

cannot live by bread alone

she alone believed him

Synonyms: only

alone (adj.)

isolated from others;

I want to be alone

could be alone in a crowded room

was alone with her thoughts

alone (adj.)

lacking companions or companionship;

she is alone much of the time

he was alone when we met him

alone (adj.)

radically distinctive and without equal;

he is alone in the field of microbiology

this theory is altogether alone in its penetration of the problem

Synonyms: unique / unequaled / unequalled / unparalleled

alone (adj., adv.)