In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
ALONELY
Etymology
Adjective
alonely (comparative alonelier or more alonely, superlative aloneliest or most alonely)
(archaic) Exclusive; sole; only.
Adverb
alonely (comparative alonelier or more alonely, superlative aloneliest or most alonely)
(archaic) Only; merely; singly.
This said spirit was not given alonely unto him, but unto all his heirs and posterity.
Source: Wiktionary
A*lone"ly, adv.
Definition: Only; merely; singly. [Obs.] This said spirit was not given alonely unto him, but unto all his heirs and posterity. Latimer.
A*lone"ly, a.
Definition: Exclusive. [Obs.] Fabyan.
ALONE
A*lone", a. Etym: [All + one. OE. al one all allone, AS. an one, alone. See All, One, Lone.]
1. Quite by one's self; apart from, or exclusive of, others; single; solitary; -- applied to a person or thing. Alone on a wide, wide sea. Coleridge. It is not good that the man should be alone. Gen. ii. 18.
2. Of or by itself; by themselves; without any thing more or any one else; without a sharer; only. Man shall not live by bread alone. Luke iv. 4. The citizens alone should be at the expense. Franklin.
3. Sole; only; exclusive. [R.] God, by whose alone power and conversation we all live, and move, and have our being. Bentley.
4. Hence; Unique; rare; matchless. Shak.
Note: The adjective alone commonly follows its noun. To let or leave alone, to abstain from interfering with or molesting; to suffer to remain in its present state.
A*lone", adv.
Definition: Solely; simply; exclusively.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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