Living alone; not having company. Some of the more ferocious animals are solitary, seldom or never being found in flocks or herds. Thus the lion is called a solitary animal. Those rare and solitary, these in flocks.

Retired; remote from society; not having company, or not much frequented; as a solitary residence or place.

Lonely; destitute of company; as a solitary life.

Gloomy; still; dismal. Let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein. Job 3:7.

Single; as a solitary instance of vengeance; a solitary example.

In botany, separate; one only in a place; as a solitary stipule. A solitary flower is when there is only one to each peduncle; a solitary seed, when there is only one in a pericarp.

One that lives alone of in solitude; a hermit; a recluse.