severally

Etymology

several + -ly

adv

  1. separately
    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) Several times, repeatedly
    It tells them that those rules can be broken; and certainly they will break them, not once or twice but severally. 12 November 2012, Business Daily, Kenya, archived from the original on 2012-11-18
    It was at the point of confronting Alaba, who had been warned severally along with other tenants, that Ogunyemi met her demise. 29 April 2016, Nigeria Today

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