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severally en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈsɛv(ə)ɹəli/

Etymology

Etymology tree English several Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English severally From several + -ly.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) separately
    • 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. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 12:8–11:
    • I will diſpatch you ſeuerally. You to Lord Lucius, to Lord Lucullus you, I hunted with his Honor to-day; [...] c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 85, column 1:
    • Though Cripps's description of these proceedings was mere disjointed passion, Limpet gathered that the meeting required the Reverend Bowles to explain severally his peculiar appearance, his spiritual convictions, his recent behaviour, and the strong smell of spirituous liquors that had attended his arrival at Murumberee. 1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 152:
    • 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. 1912, James Stephens, The Crock of Gold, New York: MacMillan, published 1926, Book V, p. 229:
    • As it was, they were unable to discuss the details severally as they would have done had murder not become thus wholesale. 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter X, in Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 162:
  2. (Africa, not-comparable) Several times, repeatedly
    • It tells them that those rules can be broken; and certainly they will break them, not once or twice but severally. 2012 November 12, Business Daily, Kenya, archived from the original on 18 Nov 2012:
    • It was at the point of confronting Alaba, who had been warned severally along with other tenants, that Ogunyemi met her demise. 2016 April 29, Nigeria Today:

Deriveds

jointly and severally

Synonyms

over and over (repeatedly) · over and over again (repeatedly) · again and again (repeatedly) · time and again (repeatedly)