alone vs dyed-in-the-wool

alone

adj
  • Lacking peers who share one's beliefs, experiences, practices, etc. 

  • By oneself, solitary. 

adv
  • Not requiring anything further; merely. 

  • By oneself; apart from, or exclusive of, others; solo. 

  • Without outside help. 

  • Used to emphasize the size or extent of something by selecting a subset. 

  • Not permitting anything further; exclusively. 

dyed-in-the-wool

adj
  • Firmly established in one's beliefs or habits; having a specified characteristic, identity, etc. deeply ingrained in one's nature. 

  • Having the fibres dyed before they are formed into cloth. 

How often have the words alone and dyed-in-the-wool occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )