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# lonely

adjective (lonely, lonelier, loneliest)

«lonely» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Lonely means feeling sad because you are alone or have no friends to be with. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lonely/#m1)
2. Lonely describes a place that is far from people and has few visitors. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lonely/#m2)

### In the lessons

In feelings lessons, everyone feels lonely sometimes, like when starting at a new school or after a friend moves away; it helps to talk to someone, join a club or ask to play, and to include children who are alone (a buddy bench helps). Being alone is not always lonely: some people like quiet time. In stories, a lonely character or a lonely place (a lonely island, a lonely road) makes the reader feel sadness or emptiness. Phrases: «feel lonely», «lonely road», «a lonely life».

### Examples

- I felt lonely when my best friend moved away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lonely/#x1)
- If someone looks lonely, ask them to play. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lonely/#x2)
- The old lighthouse keeper lived a lonely life. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lonely/#x3)
- It was a long, lonely road through the desert. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lonely/#x4)
- New pupils can feel lonely at first. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lonely/#x5)
- The lonely dog howled while its owners were at work. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lonely/#x6)
- Talking to someone can help when you're lonely. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lonely/#x7)
- Grandma is less lonely now that she has a cat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lonely/#x8)
- It is really terribly lonely here!” [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lonely/#x9)

### Note

Comparative lonelier, superlative loneliest. Noun: loneliness. Although it ends in -ly, «lonely» is an adjective, not an adverb. «Alone» means without others (a fact); «lonely» means feeling sad about it.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «lonely» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lonely/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«lonely» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/lonely.html) on Mova free.