alone vs off the grid

alone

adj
  • By oneself, solitary. 

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

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. 

off the grid

adj
  • Isolated; in a remote location; in seclusion; not participating in some official process or system. 

  • Not connected to a publicly available communication system, such as the World Wide Web or a mobile telephone network. 

  • Not using electricity from the public electrical supply system. 

adv
  • Secretly; in a clandestine manner. 

  • In or into a situation or place in which electricity from the public electricity system is not used. 

  • In or into a clandestine or isolated situation or place, especially one in which public communication is curtailed. 

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