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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for solitarily
Adverb
  • My own experience with night pests was at a time of utter exhaustion— too much work undertaken, interlocking circumstances that made the work twice as arduous, illness within and around— the old story of troubles never coming singly.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Mar. 2026
  • The flowers, which appear both singly and in clusters, display the classic hybrid tea form.
    Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2026
Adverb
  • Michel now oversees Larkin’s graduate medical educational programs and is chairman of Larkin University, which is governed separately from the hospital, said Smith, the hospital’s attorney.
    Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The report counts those smaller store sales separately from the Walmart supercenters.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 2 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • Senior midfielder Erin Hadley is playing high school soccer for the first time for Lincoln-Way Central after previously competing exclusively with her club team.
    Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The previous day, Olitzky had similarly endorsed focussing exclusively on the plight of the hostages in response to a letter from Liba Beyer.
    Eyal Press, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
Adverb
  • All the suites are individually decorated, and despite being the smallest rooms on offer, the two Junior Suites have plenty of charm.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Mar. 2026
  • By announcing artists individually, each act gets a moment in the spotlight that a traditional poster drop simply can’t offer.
    Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 30 Mar. 2026
Adverb
  • In fact, Clavicular does not tend to talk about politics much at all, and has repeatedly claimed that his message is distinctly apolitical.
    Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026
  • There’s a distinctly British emotional register — humor as deflection and understatement as armor — even as his career continues to grow.
    Gabrielle Nicole Pharms, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026
Adverb
  • An operative would normally plan to walk alone to a hotel room to avoid being seen with an asset.
    David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Books Are Magic, a wonderful bookshop owned by novelist Emma Staub, alone could suck up an entire morning.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Mar. 2026
Adverb
  • For Pittsburghers, whose city had for so long been singularly defined by the production of steel, the idea that industrial competitiveness was not paramount bordered on apostasy.
    Christopher Briem, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2026
  • And, yet, in Miami Heat annals, what Adebayo singularly did against the Rockets stands in elite company over the franchise’s 38 seasons.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2026
Adverb
  • All opinions expressed by the CNBC Pro contributors are solely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of CNBC, or its parent company or affiliates, and may have been previously disseminated by them on television, radio, internet or another medium.
    Jeff Kilburg, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Money Research Collective’s editorial team solely created this content.
    Kat Tretina, Sacbee.com, 27 Mar. 2026

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“Solitarily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solitarily. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.

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