left vs solitary

left

adv
  • Towards the left side. 

  • On the left side. 

  • Towards the political left. 

noun
  • The left side or direction. 

  • A wave breaking from left to right (viewed from the shore). 

  • The left-wing political parties as a group; citizens holding left-wing views as a group. 

  • A punch delivered with the left fist. 

  • The left hand or fist. 

adj
  • Designating the bank of a river (etc.) on one's left when facing downstream (i.e. facing forward while floating with the current); that is, the north bank of a river that flows eastward. If this arrow: ⥲ shows the direction of the current, the tilde is on the left side of the river. 

  • Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ← 

  • Left-wing; pertaining to the political left. 

solitary

noun
  • One who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchorite, hermit or recluse. 

  • Solitary confinement. 

  • The state of being solitary; solitude 

adj
  • Performed, passed, or endured alone 

  • Living or being by oneself; alone; having no companion present 

  • Not much visited or frequented; remote from society 

  • Single; individual; sole. 

  • gloomy; dismal, because of not being inhabited. 

  • Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted 

  • Not associated with others of the same kind. 

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