Crossword answer · 6 letters
Lonely definition and meaning
LOHN-lee · adjective
LONELY
What does Lonely mean?
Lonely can describe feeling a lack of companionship or a place that is isolated and little visited.
What does LONELY mean in a crossword?
LONELY answers the reviewed clue “Needing a friend.” The need for companionship points to an emotional adjective.
Why is LONELY useful to learn?
A person can feel lonely in a crowd, while someone alone may feel content. Physical solitude and the emotional feeling are not identical.
Common clue patterns
- Feeling without companionship
- Isolated, as a place
- Remote and little visited
These are editorially written pattern summaries, not a reproduced puzzle archive.
Other meanings to watch
A lonely road is remote, not a road with emotions. The noun being described helps separate the human feeling from the geographic sense.