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Definition of Lonesomeness
1. Noun. A disposition toward being alone.
Specialized synonyms: Friendlessness, Reclusiveness
Generic synonyms: Disposition, Temperament
Derivative terms: Alone, Alone, Lonely, Lonesome, Solitary
Definition of Lonesomeness
1. Noun. The state of being lonesome. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lonesomeness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lonesomeness
Literary usage of Lonesomeness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman from Indiana by Booth Tarkington (1902)
"CHAPTER III lonesomeness When the rusty hands of the office clock marked half-past
... No insect raised resentment of the lonesomeness: the late afternoon, ..."
2. Ordered to China: Letters of Wilbur J. Chamberlin Written from China While by Wilbur J Chamberlin (1903)
"I have paid for not going, in lonesomeness. Well, I am going off now to engage
passage on the St. Louis, and if I catch her I'll be with you three days ..."
3. Eve's Diary by Mark Twain (1906)
"But when night came I could not bear the lonesomeness, and went to the new shelter
which he has built, to ask him what I had done that was wrong and how I ..."
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