lonesomest

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lonesomest - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Lonesome \Lone"some\, a. [Compar. Lonesomer; superl.
     Lonesomest.]
     1. Secluded from society; not frequented by human beings;
        solitary.
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              Like one that on a lonesome road
              Doth walk in fear and dread.          --Coleridge.
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     2. Conscious of, and somewhat depressed by, solitude; as, to
        feel lonesome.
        [1913 Webster] -- Lone"some*ly, adv. --
        Lone"some*ness, n.
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