alonely
Etymology 1

From alone + -ly.

Adjective

alonely (comparative alonelier, superlative aloneliest)

  1. (archaic) Exclusive; sole; only.
Etymology 2

From Middle English aloonly, alonly, al only, equivalent to alone + -ly, or more strictly, all- + one + -ly.

Adverb

alonely (comparative alonelier, superlative aloneliest)

  1. (archaic) Only; merely; singly.
    • c. 1529, Hugh Latimer, Sermons on the Card:
      This said spirit was not given alonely unto him, but unto all his heirs and posterity.



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