adv
Meaning 1
separately
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
severally
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈsɛv(ə)ɹəli/
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CMU ARPABET: S EH1 V R AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
Several times, repeatedly
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Africa, not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
in the order given
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the brothers were called Felix and Max, respectively
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: respectively
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 4
apart from others
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- taken individually, the rooms were, in fact, square
- the fine points are treated singly
- the clothes were hung severally
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: individually, separately, singly, one by one, on an individual basis, independently
Antonyms: none provided
History
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.