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Spell Bee Word: Lonely


What does lonely mean?

Word: Lonely

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Lonely means sad because you are alone and have no one to talk to or play with.

Synonyms: alone, friendless

How do you spell lonely?

Syllables: lone - ly

Tricky part: Keep the e in the middle. Lonly, which drops that e, is the slip most children make.

Watch out for: lonly, loneley

Memory tip: Lovely and lonely are made the same way: the e stays before the ending.

Lonely in a sentence

Example 1: The new girl felt lonely on her first day.

Example 2: Our dog gets lonely when we go out.

Example 3: Ravi called his lonely grandfather every evening.

Fun Fact

The word alone was once two words, all one, and lonely grew from the same old root.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) excited
b) loanely
c) worried
d) cheerful

Show answer

b) loanely. Lonely has a plain o after the l, with no a.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

lonelly

a) y
b) o
c) l
d) e

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c) l. Only one l comes before the y in lonely.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

nyolel

a) lonely
b) loneyl
c) loenly
d) lnoely

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a) lonely. Lonely keeps its e in the middle, right after the n.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

lonel_

a) i
b) e
c) y
d) a

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c) y. Lonely ends with y, like lovely and lucky.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Someone who feels lonely most wishes for ____.

a) more homework
b) a rainy day
c) a friend to play with
d) a quiet room

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c) a friend to play with

2. What is the kindest way to help a lonely classmate?

a) leave them alone
b) walk away fast
c) look the other way
d) ask them to play

Show answer

d) ask them to play

Associated Words

Words that end in -ely: completely, rely, entirely, extremely, surely

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: friendless

More words from this list

plate, seven, thank, active, blanket, climb, eleven, goose

Next steps

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