SOLITARILY Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

solitarily

adverb

Definition of solitarily

as in singly

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Recent Examples of solitarily Kids scattered all over the world were listening deeply and solitarily in headphones—and swapping songs and opinions about those songs online. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025

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Adverb

Plant singly as an accent or mass in mixed borders and privacy plantings.

— Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 24 July 2026
When eggs or embryos are destroyed as the result of commercial egg storage tank failures, lawsuits may follow, singly, as a group, or in a class action.

— Robert W. Wood, Forbes.com, 6 May 2026

Definition of singly

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Ncube once was the district vice president of sales and marketing for that nonprofit, which operates separately from the city.

— Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2026
New South Wales separately passed tighter state firearms laws in December, while the federal government also strengthened laws targeting hate speech and extremism.

— Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of separately

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The number represents about a third of the Connecticut prison population and individually represents mothers, fathers, brothers, sons who have been accused but not found guilty.

— Kaitlin McCallum, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
Most is in the form of subatomic particles called neutrinos, which carry little energy individually but are generated in vast numbers when a star explodes.

— Phil Plait, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of individually

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The Professional is a sly inversion of — and indulgent celebration of — action cliches, made at a time when action movies were ubiquitous but often redundant, featuring a succession of distinctly European stars like Schwarzenegger and Van Damme.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Aug. 2026
Leather, suede, patent finishes and unexpected colors also give the classic shape a distinctly modern personality.

— Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of distinctly

Adverb

The group noted that more than 140,000 Haitians have been deported from neighboring countries, including the Dominican Republic, in the first half of the year alone.

— CBS News, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
When used alone after surgery to reduce the risk that melanoma returns, Keytruda is given every three to six weeks for up to a year.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of alone

Adverb

Investigators covered different sections of Sacramento and collectively assisted with quick-build projects, rather than having one investigator dedicated solely to them.

— Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 17 Aug. 2026
More CEOs are now positioning AI as a driver of growth rather than solely cutting costs.

— John M. Bremen, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

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