SOLITARY

[adjective] - being the only one, or not being with other similar things, often by choiceInjury denied the runner the chance to add to her solitary Olympic title.On the hill, a solitary figure is busy chopping down trees.Just after dawn he went for a solitary stroll (= walked alone) through the gardens.She wasn't happy to walk down such a solitary path/to be in such a solitary place (= where there were no other people) late at night.Fishing and walking are the two pleasures of the solitary life he enjoys.He's a solitary little boy, quite happy to play on his own.Someone who is in solitary confinement (also informal solitary) is kept in a room alone, esp. in a prison.The woman was diagnosed as clinically depressed after weeks of being kept in solitary confinement.