Definition & Meaning of "solitary"

existing as the only one and without any other of the same kind

alone, without companionship

(of a place) isolated, remote, and often uninhabited or sparsely populated

(of animals) living and existing alone rather than in groups or pairs

(of plants) growing alone as apposed to in clusters

feeling sad due to being isolated or alone

the practice of isolating a prisoner from others, typically as a form of punishment