loneliest
SayLOHN-lee-istUS/ˈloʊnliɪst/UK/ˈləʊnliɪst/AUS/ˈləʉnliɪst/
- 1Superlative of lonely.
The lighthouse keeper lived in the loneliest spot on the coast.
Of all the characters in the novel, the widower is the loneliest.
Note
A regular superlative: the y of lonely turns to i before -est, the usual pattern for two-syllable adjectives ending in -y, so the form is synthetic rather than built with most. It carries every meaning of lonely. A person is the loneliest when they feel most cut off from others, but the loneliest spot on a coast is simply the least visited, desolate rather than sad.
loneliest is a form of lonely
lonely, adjective: Feeling unhappy because of a sense of being cut off from contact with other people. Full entry
- Spelling
- lonely → loneliest: change y to i, add -est
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