Alone
Alone adverb - For nothing other than.
Usage example: would willingly play professional baseball for the sheer enjoyment alone
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Most drowning victims in general die alone, mainly because if someone else was present, they wouldn't be a drowning victim.
Source: Dying Alone -
He will either learn An Aesop about The Power of Friendship and The Power of Love and live — well, Happily Ever After, or at least be left alone, its grumpiness being mainly used for comedy.
Source: Grumpy Bear - Michael Hosea takes on this role in Redeeming Love, mainly because hes been living alone and single well into his twenties, and his wife picked up absolutely no domestic skills during her thirteen-year career as a prostitute.
Source: House Husband
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