solitude

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From Middle English solitude, from Old French solitude. By surface analysis, sole + -itude.

All is sublimity, silence, and solitude. — The Expedition of Humphry Clinker, T. (Tobias) Smollett
That's the advantage of this solitude. — The case-book of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle
The same inadequate light, the same solitude. — Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World, Jules Verne

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