English-Swedish translations for solitary

• ensam
  Han är en på sätt och vis ensam figur på den specifika sidan i kammaren, när han säger att vi måste se till att utveckla näringslivets intressen.He is a somewhat solitary figure on that particular side of the House in terms of the need to ensure that we develop the interests of business.
  Vanunu sitter sedan mer än tio år instängd ensam i en liten cell p.g.a. att han efter tio år fortfarande påstås vara en säkerhetsrisk.Mr Vanunu has been in solitary confinement in a small cell for more than ten years because of the alleged security risk that he is said to represent ten years after the event.
  Vasen stod ensam på bordet.
• ensamstående
• ödslig

Definition of solitary

• One who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchoret, hermit or recluse
• Living or being by oneself; alone; having no companion present
• Performed, passed, or endured alone
• Not much visited or frequented; remote from society
• Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted
• gloomy; dismal, because of not being inhabited
• Not associated with others of the same kind
• The Rodrigues solitaire , an extinct flightless bird

Examples

• The prisoners who started the riot were moved to solitary.
• a solitary journey
• a solitary life
• a solitary residence or place
• the solitary desert
• a solitary example

Related words

• Solitary Tinamou
• Solitary Eagle
• Solitary Snipe
• Solitary Sandpiper
• Solitary Cacique
• solitary confinement
• solitary sandpiper
• solitary tinamoe
• solitary person