Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume 2. 1938

Letter ID: 2106

Sri Aurobindo — Nirodbaran Talukdar

May 21, 1938

“Lonelily” is impossible? or it’s impossible in this context? Surely you have seen H using it very often. If you haven’t, then I’ll show it to you tomorrow, or only H can do it?

The word simply doesn’t exist, any more than “lovelily” or “sillily” or “wilily”. You can say “lonesomely” if you think it worth while, not “lonelily”. H is no authority for the use of English words. I did not correct his English when I saw his poems – I left the responsibility of his departures to himself, except when he himself asked on a particular point.