As he spoke he plucked a solitary gold-fish squirming and twisting out of its globe.
Once transferred to Karaj Prison, he spent an additional 15 days in solitary confinement.
Twain taught me that although the act of writing is solitary, the context that sustains it is social.
mid-14c., "alone, living alone," from Old French solitaire, from Latin solitarius "alone, lonely, isolated," from solitas "loneliness, solitude," from solus "alone" (see sole (adj.)). Meaning "single, sole, only" is from 1742. Related: Solitarily; solitariness. As a noun from late 14c.; from 1854 as short for solitary confinement (that phrase recorded from 1817).