solitarily

1. 1.

   in solitude

   “a hermit chooses to live solitarily”

Questions about solitarily

What does solitarily mean?

solitarily means "in solitude".

How many syllables are in solitarily?

solitarily has 5 syllables and divides as so-li-ta-ri-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is solitarily a common word?

solitarily is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.