attrib.adj.
1. (of a person) solitary; without a companion or supporter.
2 (of a place) unfrequented, uninhabited, lonely.
3 literary feeling or causing to feel lonely.
Phrases and idioms:
lone hand
1. a hand played or a player playing against the rest at quadrille and euchre.
2 a person or action without allies. lone wolf a person who prefers to act alone.
Etymology: ME, f. ALONE