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Only - Alone - Lonely

1 )   EXCLUSIVITY, UNICITY when used before a noun are expressed by ONLY which can also be preceded by the only + noun/pronoun.

- The only thing I know is that he's a liar.

- She's the only 5-year-old girl with so many books.

- Among all my friends, he's the only one I trust. 

   * In order to express "UNICITY" = only one + noun or a single + noun/pronoun.

- I'll say only one word: never! 

- He didn't give a single cent for his friend's gift.

* an only daughter, an only son= an only child.

2 ) ALONE:  When dealing with the exclusion of others, meaning "nobody else"= alone or by oneself. This is an objective reality.  Alone and by oneself cannot be used as attributive adjectives.

- Be sensible! She can't go there alone: she's only 4!

- Audrey was sitting by herself and looked very sad.

    3 ) On the contrary, when dealing with a solitary feeling, felt even in the middle of a crowd, or alone, then use lonely. 

- Though all my friends are here, I 'm feeling terribly lonely tonight.

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1. Claire was onlyaloneby oneselflonelyI don't know, in the basement when the power went off. She was scared.
2. Pat has lonelyby herselfonlyaloneI don't know one clean shirt left, you'll absolutely have to do some washing today.
3. I can't help feeling by oneselflonelyonlyalonyI don't know when you're not with me. Please, don't go!
4. Kevin's onlyaloneby herselflonelyI don't know problem comes from his dishonesty. He's brought it on himself.
5. She couldn't understand a singleby herselfa onlyalonelonelyI don't know word of what he was trying to confess.
6. Lucy, a lonelyitselfan alonethe onlyI don't know true thing that you're saying is that your room needs tidying up!
7. Being an onlyhimselfan alonean lonelyI don't know child, made him feel alonyonlyby oneselfso lonelyI don't know when a kid, that he now wants a large family.
8. Look at the kid, sitting onlyall lonea lonelyaloneI don't know in that corner, he does look by oneselfalonyonlylonelyI don't know and frightened.
9. I don't mind being loneonlyby themselvesaloneI don't know on my birthday... I only want to receive a lot of my friends’ messages not to feel too lonelyonlya lonyloneI don't know.