Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈsɛv(ə)ɹəli/
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ˈsɛv(ə)ɹəli
Adverb
separately
Usage- not-comparable
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I will diſpatch you ſeuerally. You to Lord Lucius, to Lord Lucullus you, I hunted with his Honor to-day; [...]
More examples (3)
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.
Several times, repeatedly
Usage- Africa
- not-comparable
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It tells them that those rules can be broken; and certainly they will break them, not once or twice but severally.
It was at the point of confronting Alaba, who had been warned severally along with other tenants, that Ogunyemi met her demise.
Adverb
individually or separately
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the clothes were hung severally
apart from others
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taken individually, the rooms were, in fact, square
the fine points are treated singly
in the order given
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the brothers were called Felix and Max, respectively