a. [ All + one. OE. al one all allone, AS. ān one, alone. See All, One, Lone. ]
Alone on a wide, wide sea. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
It is not good that the man should be alone. Gen. ii. 18. [ 1913 Webster ]
Man shall not live by bread alone. Luke iv. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]
The citizens alone should be at the expense. Franklin. [ 1913 Webster ]
God, by whose alone power and conversation we all live, and move, and have our being. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The adjective alone commonly follows its noun. [ 1913 Webster ]
To let alone
To leave alone
adv. Solely; simply; exclusively. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Only; merely; singly. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
This said spirit was not given alonely unto him, but unto all his heirs and posterity. Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Exclusive. [ Obs. ] Fabyan. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A state of being alone, or without company; solitariness. [ R. ] Bp. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]