singly
/ˈsɪŋ.ɡli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.73 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a single or unaccompanied manner; without a companion.
adv
adv
Without partners, companions, or associates; single-handed.
Example Sentences
- "Singly, they are every one a representation or appearance of some quality, or other accident of a body without us, which is commonly called an object."
- "The cross, reared now above all other objects, and standing singly out against the sky, was greeted with a burst of delight; […"
- "Grey-coloured woods covered a large part of the surface. This even tint was indeed broken up by streaks of yellow sand-break in the lower lands, and by many tall trees of the pine family, out-topping the others—some singly, some in clumps […]"
- "They dragged themselves from the swamp singly, and in twos and threes, more dead than alive, mere perambulating skeletons, until at last there were thirty of us."
- "to make men singly and personally good"
- "Ursula saw that now Bella Watson's chance meetings with him had to be strategically and singly planned by Bella, whose wifely attentions to the bereaved man were markedly meaning."