severally

English

Etymology

From several +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛv(ə)ɹəli/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adverb

severally (not comparable)

1. separately
   • c. 1605–1608, 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:

     I will diſpatch you ſeuerally. You to Lord Lucius, to Lord Lucullus you, I hunted with his Honor to-day; [...]

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 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^[1], New York: MacMillan, published 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, chapter X, in Capricornia‎^[2], New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 162:

     As it was, they were unable to discuss the details severally as they would have done had murder not become thus wholesale.

2. (Africa) Several times, repeatedly
   • 2012 November 12, Business Daily‎^[3], Kenya, archived from the original on 18 November 2012:

     It tells them that those rules can be broken; and certainly they will break them, not once or twice but severally.

   • 2016 April 29, Nigeria Today:

     It was at the point of confronting Alaba, who had been warned severally along with other tenants, that Ogunyemi met her demise.

Synonyms

• (separately): See also Thesaurus:individually
• (repeatedly): again and again, over and over, over and over again, time and again

Derived terms

• jointly and severally