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 ]
a. Exclusive. [ Obs. ] Fabyan. [ 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 ]
n. A state of being alone, or without company; solitariness. [ R. ] Bp. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. [ OE. along, anlong, AS. andlang, along; pref. and- (akin to OFris. ond-, OHG. ant-, Ger. ent-, Goth. and-, anda-, L. ante, Gr. &unr_;, Skr. anti, over against) + lang long. See Long. ]
Some laid along . . . on spokes of wheels are hung. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
We will go along by the king's highway. Numb. xxi. 22. [ 1913 Webster ]
He struck with his o'ertaking wings,
And chased us south along. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
He to England shall along with you. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
All along,
To get along,
. [ AS. gelang owing to. ] (Now heard only in the prep. phrase
Along of,
Along on, often shortened to
Long of
prep. By the length of, as distinguished from across. “Along the lowly lands.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
The kine . . . went along the highway. 1 Sam. vi. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Along the shore or coast. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Longshoreman. [ 1913 Webster ]