severally
/ˈsɛv(ə)ɹəli/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.24 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
adv
Example Sentences
- "I will diſpatch you ſeuerally. You to Lord Lucius, to Lord Lucullus you, I hunted with his Honor to-day; [...]"
- "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."
- "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."
- "Though Cripps's description of these proceedings was mere disjointed passion, Limpet gathered that the meeting required the Reverend Bowles to explain severally his peculiar appearance, his spiritual convictions, his recent behaviour, and the strong smell of spirituous liquors that had attended his arrival at Murumberee."
- "As it was, they were unable to discuss the details severally as they would have done had murder not become thus wholesale."
- "It tells them that those rules can be broken; and certainly they will break them, not once or twice but severally."
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.