lee-loneadj.

Brit.

/ˈliːləʊn/, U.S.

/ˈliˌloʊn/

Forms: Also Scottish lee-lane

Etymology: An emphasized form of lone adj. The first element is of doubtful origin; Ramsay has liefu' lane in the same sense: see leeful adj.

dialect.

Chiefly in phrase by (one's) lee-lone: quite alone, by (one)self.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > solitude or solitariness > [adverb]

alonelyc1450

solitarilyc1450

lonesomely1771

lonelily1850

by (one's) lee-lone1887

by (or on) one's lonesome1899

on one's ace1903

1887 R. L. Stevenson Merry Men ii. 18 Praying, as he did, that God would ‘remember in mercy fower puir, feckless, fiddling, sinful creatures here by their lee-lane beside the great and dowie waters’.

1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona xxii. 265 What would become of you here, and you your lee-lone in a strange place?

1920 N. Munro in Northern Numbers 35 I heard a maiden sing, All in the lee-lone Sabbath morn.

1928 D. Byrne Destiny Bay i. §19. 128 Will you..leave your cousin Jenico and Miss Ann-Dolly by their lee lone?

1966 T. H. Raddall Hangman's Beach iv. xxvi. 399 I thought 'twas only love letters a gel went off tae read by her lee-lone.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lee-lone
释义	lee-loneadj. Brit. /ˈliːləʊn/, U.S. /ˈliˌloʊn/ Forms: Also Scottish lee-lane Etymology: An emphasized form of lone adj. The first element is of doubtful origin; Ramsay has liefu' lane in the same sense: see leeful adj. dialect. Chiefly in phrase by (one's) lee-lone: quite alone, by (one)self. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > solitude or solitariness > [adverb] alonelyc1450 solitarilyc1450 lonesomely1771 lonelily1850 by (one's) lee-lone1887 by (or on) one's lonesome1899 on one's ace1903 1887 R. L. Stevenson Merry Men ii. 18 Praying, as he did, that God would ‘remember in mercy fower puir, feckless, fiddling, sinful creatures here by their lee-lane beside the great and dowie waters’. 1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona xxii. 265 What would become of you here, and you your lee-lone in a strange place? 1920 N. Munro in Northern Numbers 35 I heard a maiden sing, All in the lee-lone Sabbath morn. 1928 D. Byrne Destiny Bay i. §19. 128 Will you..leave your cousin Jenico and Miss Ann-Dolly by their lee lone? 1966 T. H. Raddall Hangman's Beach iv. xxvi. 399 I thought 'twas only love letters a gel went off tae read by her lee-lone. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1887
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