SOLITARILY Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

solitarily

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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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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

Adverb

The Democratic National Committee has separately sued the Republican administration over the ads.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
The board separately contracted Poyner Spruill for a compliance audit from June through September, for which the law firm again hired Qonnect for $132,000 of the up-to $220,000 audit, the Observer previously reported.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of separately

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Rather than exclusively focusing on what’s wrong with our mental health, one approach is to develop skills, traits, and perspectives that can help us.

— Joan M. Cook, Time, 17 Oct. 2026
The measure specifically exempts pensions and most individual retirement accounts from the tax, with the exception of Roth IRA and other Roth-type accounts worth $10 million or more — a balance compiled almost exclusively by the 1%.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of exclusively

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Its battery-electric vehicles propel themselves rather than relying on a conventional locomotive, and can operate individually or form coordinated groups, known as platoons.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2026
Its mandate spans all territories, though the rights on offer in each will be confirmed individually.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of individually

Adverb

Footwear also took a distinctly feminine direction this season, with embellishment playing a major role.

— Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
The following day, the couple invited their guests to Ipanema for a beach volleyball tournament—a distinctly Brazilian take on a Kennedy family tradition.

— Alexandra Macon, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of distinctly

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Leo presided alone over the liturgy, distributing Communion to medical personnel and Vatican gendarmes present, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
North Korea’s public announcements alone do not establish how successfully these capabilities could be employed in an actual conflict.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of alone

Adverb

Swaminarayan monks, who practice the eightfold version, see it as an important way to help eradicate all traces of desire and remain singularly focused on God.

— Bhakti Mamtora, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026
Georgia doesn’t have someone as singularly gifted as Bowers in this tight end room.

— Connor Riley, AJC.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of singularly

Adverb

Rather than relying solely on better control software, the team is investigating whether designing the robot’s mass, inertia, and force characteristics differently can make complex movements easier to achieve.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026
Firms do not apply or pay to be considered, and inclusion and ranking are based solely on the list's methodology.

— Kate Dore, CFP®, EA,Kelli Grant, CFP®, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026

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