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Spell Bee Word: Solitary


What does solitary mean?

Word: Solitary

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Solitary means living or being alone, or the only one of its kind in a place, like a solitary tree on a hill.

Synonyms: lonely, alone, single

How do you spell solitary?

Syllables: sol - i - tar - y

Tricky part: The vowel after the l is i, not a or e: sol-i-tar-y. Solatary is a common slip.

Watch out for: solatary, soletary, solitry

Memory tip: Sol-i-tary: picture the i as one person standing alone, right after the l.

Solitary in a sentence

Example 1: A solitary boat floated in the middle of the lake.

Example 2: The old man liked a solitary walk every evening.

Example 3: One solitary light was still on in the hostel.

Fun Fact

Tigers are solitary animals: adults usually live and hunt alone, unlike lions, which live in groups called prides.

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Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

solitary

a) isolated
b) remote
c) private
d) sociable

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d) sociable. A sociable person enjoys company; a solitary one keeps to themselves.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

A sollitary heron stood very still at the edge of the pond.

a) heron
b) sollitary
c) edge
d) stood

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b) sollitary. Solitary has a single l, straight after the o.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) militery
b) dictionery
c) solitary
d) secratary

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c) solitary. Military and dictionary end in -ary, not -ery, and secretary has -ret- in the middle; solitary is spelt right.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Among these animals, which usually leads a solitary life?

a) a leopard
b) a wolf
c) a honeybee
d) an ant

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a) a leopard

2. A solitary bee, unlike a honeybee, ____.

a) always flies in a swarm
b) makes honey for a queen
c) lives in a hive with thousands
d) builds its nest on its own

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d) builds its nest on its own

Associated Words

Words that end in -tary: budgetary, documentary, voluntary, sedimentary, unitary, commentary

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: alone

More words from this list

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