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aloner en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

From alone + -er (comparative suffix).

Meanings

1. (nonstandard) More alone or isolated.
   • So sick, so alone. And now. Sicker, aloner. Was not that something? 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:

aloner en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From alone + -er (relational suffix).

Meanings

1. A person who enjoys being alone, but without the antisocial connotations of being a "loner".
   • I remember reading an article that described three personality types – socializers, loners, and aloners. 2013, Margaux Joy DeNador, The Art of Living a Life You Love, page 158:
   • If you are an aloner, you are self-reliant and autonomous, and relatively introverted. You don't need the company of others to buoy you up; […] 2005, Claire Gordon, Do You Know the Real You?, page 57:

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Relateds

go-it-aloner