Word parts change

lone + -ly

Pronunciation change

Adjective change

Positive
lonely

Comparative
lonelier

Superlative
loneliest

  1. If you feel lonely, you feel sad because you are alone.
    She was bored and lonely without her friends.
    I still miss him terribly and feel very lonely sometimes.
  2. A lonely place is a place with few people, often far from a city or town.
    The only sound in that wild, lonely place was the wind.

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