Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Separately; distinctly; individually; apart from others.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Separately; distinctly; apart from others; individually.
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- adverb
separately
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- adverb apart from others
- adverb apart from others
- adverb in the order given
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Examples
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Article X, moreover, provided that "the public hall of the library and four of the colleges shall be called severally by the names of one or another of the six persons who shall within four years contribute the largest Sums towards the funds of the University, the highest subscriber or donor having choice in the order of their respective donations."
The History of Escheats Blackwell Pierce 1955
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Odins-day, the ancients termed severally the holy day of Jove or of
The Danish History, Books I-IX Grammaticus Saxo
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Page 9 the colleges shall be called severally by the names of one or another of the six persons who shall, within four years, contribute the largest sums towards the funds of this University, the highest subscriber or donor having choice in the order of their respective donations.
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-- The edges of most crochet work are ornamented with picots, or small points of different shapes, called severally close picots, chain picots and lace picots.
Encyclopedia of Needlework Th��r��se de Dillmont 1868
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And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the public hall of the Library and four of the Colleges shall be called severally by the names of one or another of the six persons who shall within four years contribute the largest sums towards the funds of this University, the highest subscriber or donor, having choice in the order of their respective donations.
Acts of the General Assembly and Ordinances of the Trustees, for the Organization and Government of the University of North Carolina 1793-1962 1859
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And be it further enacted, That the public hall of the library and four of the colleges shall be called severally by the names of one or another of the six persons who shall within four years contribute the largest sums towards the funds of this university, the highest subscriber or donor having choice in the order of their respective donations.
Act Establishing the University of North Carolina, 1789 North Carolina. General Assembly 1777
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For because he had said, "the body," whereas the whole body was not the Corinthian Church, but the Church in every part of the world, therefore he said, "severally:" i.e., the Church amongst you is
NPNF1-12. Saint Chrysostom: Homilies on the Epistles of Paul to the Corinthians Editor 1889
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The female attendants in the harem (called severally
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The female attendants in the harem (called severally Kanchukiyas, [54]
The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From The Sanscrit In Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks Vatsyayana 1855
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Any man or woman who shall be guilty of the crime of adultery or fornication shall be liable to indictment and, on conviction, shall be severally punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisonment for not less than six months nor more than one year or by both fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.
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