severally
English
Adverb
severally (not comparable)
- separately
- 1607, William Shakespeare, The Life of Timon of Athens, II.ii
- I will dispatch you severally — you to Lord Lucius; to Lord Lucullus you; I hunted with his honour to-day.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 1Corinthians 12:8-11:
- For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; to another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; to another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: but all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
- 1912, James Stephens, The Crock of Gold, New York: MacMillan, 1926, Book V, p. 229,
- The policemen severally presented him with a pipe, a tin of tobacco, two boxes of matches and a dictionary, and then they withdrew leaving him to his own devices.
- 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1943, Chapter X, p. 162,
- As it was, they were unable to discuss the details severally as they would have done had murder not become thus wholesale.
- 1607, William Shakespeare, The Life of Timon of Athens, II.ii
- (Africa) Several times, repeatedly
- 2012, Business Daily (Kenya), 12 November, 2012,
- It tells them that those rules can be broken; and certainly they will break them, not once or twice but severally.
- 2016, Nigeria Today, 29 April, 2016,
- It was at the point of confronting Alaba, who had been warned severally along with other tenants, that Ogunyemi met her demise.
- 2012, Business Daily (Kenya), 12 November, 2012,
Synonyms
- (separately): See also Thesaurus:individually
- (repeatedly): again and again, over and over, over and over again, time and again
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