Sans friends (5 letters)

{ Answer }

ALONE

{ Related Clues }

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Deserted
Desolate
Exclusively
Isolated
Peerless
Romberg's "One ___"
Solitary
Solo
Stag
Unaccompanied
Unaided
Unequaled
Unescorted
Unique
Uniquely
Waiflike
Berlin's "All ___"
Book by Byrd
Byrd book
Cut off
"Leave me ___!"
Like an eremite
On one's own
Sans company
Single-handedly
Without equal
Without peer
Without support
Admiral Byrd book
" . . . all, all ___": Coleridge
Like the Ancient Mariner
"Thine ___," Herbert song
Unlucky in love, say
Autobiographical book by Adm. Byrd
In bad company, to Ambrose Bierce
"I'm ___ lorn creetur . . . ": Mrs. Gummidge

{ Tags }

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{ Notes }

The answer ALONE is very common and appears about once every 42.7 puzzles.

{ Definition }

ALONE as an adjective:

1. isolated from others; "could be alone in a crowded room"; "was alone with her thoughts"; "I want to be alone"

2. (alone, lone, lonely, solitary) = lacking companions or companionship; "he was alone when we met him"; "she is alone much of the time"; "the lone skier on the mountain"; "a lonely fisherman stood on a tuft of gravel"; "a lonely soul"; "a solitary traveler"

3. (alone, only) = exclusive of anyone or anything else; "she alone believed him"; "cannot live by bread alone"; "I'll have this car and this car only"

4. (alone, unique, unequaled, unequalled, unparalleled) = radically distinctive and without equal; "he is alone in the field of microbiology"; "this theory is altogether alone in its penetration of the problem"; "Bach was unique in his handling of counterpoint"; "craftsmen whose skill is unequaled"; "unparalleled athletic ability"; "a breakdown of law unparalleled in our history"

ALONE as an adverb:

1. (entirely, exclusively, solely, alone, only) = without any others being included or involved; "was entirely to blame"; "a school devoted entirely to the needs of problem children"; "he works for Mr. Smith exclusively"; "did it solely for money"; "the burden of proof rests on the prosecution alone"; "a privilege granted only to him"

2. (alone, solo, unaccompanied) = without anybody else; "the child stayed home alone"; "he flew solo"