I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a lonely/solitary existence (= without anyone else with you )
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Male bears live a mostly solitary existence, away from the female and cubs.
lead/live a solitary/frugal etc existence
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The women lead a miserable existence.
solitary confinement
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He spent more than half his time in prison in solitary confinement.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
figure
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The benches are empty except for a solitary figure sitting huddled in a mackintosh, watching with fierce concentration.
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The Ahlberg version features a solitary figure .
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A solitary figure standing there in a trench coat under one of the street lamps?
life
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The solitary life did not mean that a contemplative was deprived of all human contact, however.
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It is not the same thing as being a loner, or introvert, who chooses a solitary life .
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Now it was a solitary life .
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The bulls lead more or less solitary lives outside the herd.
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Some hunting wasps live entirely solitary lives .
man
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He looked pleased: a solitary man , by the look of him, one who cherished his privacy.
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Newman was either full of baloney or a solitary man being steamrolled by big business.
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Gimson was a deeply solitary man with a contradictory need for close male friendships.
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Hamilton, a bachelor, was described by local people as an odd, solitary man who walked with a stoop.
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He is a rather solitary man .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A solitary figure stood at the end of the bar.
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A solitary light shone in the street.
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Ed enjoys the solitary life of a rancher.
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Hamilton was described as a solitary man.
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Helena took long solitary walks to the lake.
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I could see a solitary figure outlined against the horizon.
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She was a very solitary woman who didn't make friends easily.
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There was one solitary hotel left standing after the earthquake.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A solitary tear escaped his eye, and he cursed himself for it.
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Even his hobbies were the solitary pursuits of hunting and fishing.
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Gimson was a deeply solitary man with a contradictory need for close male friendships.
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He looked pleased: a solitary man, by the look of him, one who cherished his privacy.
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It isn't a solitary clunker that produced a 103-85 loss to the Miami Heat that is offensive.
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Normally solitary characters, after infection these animals lived in harmony with each other, mating and raising many pups.
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She pulls the Datsun over and enjoys her first solitary moment since her arrival.
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The larvae live in kin groups and are aposematic, while the adults disperse to live a solitary existence and are cryptic.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Judge orders confiscation of smuggler's £1.5m assets Drugs baron faces 15 years in solitary .
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The gods of the field incline with the solitaries of the study.
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Then shepherds - but shepherds are solitaries.
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When he left the infirmary he was due to spend two weeks in solitary .