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English Dictionary: lonesomeness by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lonesomeness
n
  1. a disposition toward being alone [syn: aloneness, loneliness, lonesomeness, solitariness]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lonesome \Lone"some\, a. [Compar. {Lonesomer}; superl.
      {Lonesomest}.]
      1. Secluded from society; not frequented by human beings;
            solitary.
  
                     Like one that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear
                     and dread.                                          --Coleridge.
  
      2. Conscious of, and somewhat depressed by, solitude; as, to
            feel lonesome. -- {Lone"some*ly}, adv. --
            {Lone"some*ness}, n.
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