lonely

«lonely» in Mova's school dictionary: alone or have no friends to be with — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (lonely, lonelier, loneliest)

meaning for a pupil

1) Lonely means feeling sad because you are alone or have no friends to be with. tree →

2) Lonely describes a place that is far from people and has few visitors. tree →

sense in the lessons

In feelings lessons, everyone feels lonely sometimes, like when starting at a new school or after a friend moves away; it helps to talk to someone, join a club or ask to play, and to include children who are alone (a buddy bench helps). Being alone is not always lonely: some people like quiet time. In stories, a lonely character or a lonely place (a lonely island, a lonely road) makes the reader feel sadness or emptiness. Phrases: «feel lonely», «lonely road», «a lonely life».

examples

• I felt lonely when my best friend moved away. tree →
• If someone looks lonely, ask them to play. tree →
• The old lighthouse keeper lived a lonely life. tree →
• It was a long, lonely road through the desert. tree →
• New pupils can feel lonely at first. tree →
• The lonely dog howled while its owners were at work. tree →
• Talking to someone can help when you're lonely. tree →
• Grandma is less lonely now that she has a cat. tree →
• It is really terribly lonely here!” tree →

note

Comparative lonelier, superlative loneliest. Noun: loneliness. Although it ends in -ly, «lonely» is an adjective, not an adverb. «Alone» means without others (a fact); «lonely» means feeling sad about it.

In the corpora

• They find the Mock Turtle sitting sad and lonely on a ledge of rock, sighing as if his heart would break.
• That night, on a lonely common under the stars, Toad boasts: «This is the real life for a gentleman!
• A simile compares two things using «like» or «as»: lonely as a cloud.
• Other children often feel lonely at break time too, and a buddy bench or club can help.
• Lonely children are sometimes targeted online by adults pretending to be friends.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «lonely» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.