lonesome

on (one's) lonesome

Completely alone. Primarily heard in UK. My friends have all gone on holiday and left me here on my lonesome. You can't leave a boy that young on his lonesome! He needs to be supervised all the time!

all by (one's) lonesome

Completely alone. My roommate left town for the weekend, so I'm here all by my lonesome.

all by one's lonesome

Rur. all alone; by oneself. Mary's folks went out and left her all by her lonesome.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Agrippa	ə-GRI-pə (English)	Ancient Roman, Biblical
Cheyenne	shie-AN	English
Rita	['ri:tə]
Catharine	['kæθərin]
Flora	FLAWR-ə (English), FLO-rah (German)	English, German, Italian, Roman Mythology
Coen	KOON	Dutch