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Webster 1913 Edition
Respectively
Re-spec′tive-ly
,adv.
1.
As relating to each; particularly; as each belongs to each; as each refers to each in order;
as, let each man
. respectively
perform his dutyThe impressions from the objects or the senses do mingle
respectively
every one with its kind. Bacon.
2.
Relatively; not absolutely.
[Obs.]
Sir W. Raleigh.
3.
Partially; with respect to private views.
[Obs.]
4.
With respect; regardfully.
[Obs.]
Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Respectively
RESPECT'IVELY
, adv.1.
As relating to each; particularly; as each belongs to each. Let each man respectively perform his duty.The impressions from the objects of the senses do mingle respectively every one with its kind.
2.
Relatively; not absolutely.3.
Partially; with respect to private views. Obs.4.
With respect. Obs.Definition 2024
respectively
respectively
English
Alternative forms
Adverb
respectively (comparative more respectively, superlative most respectively)
- In a relative manner; often used when comparing lists, where the term denotes that the items in the lists correspond to each other in the order they are given.
- Serena Williams and Roger Federer won the women's and men's singles titles, respectively, at the 2010 Australian Open.
- 2011 November 5, Phil Dawkes, “QPR 2 - 3 Man City”, in BBC Sport:
- Despite of the absence of Shaun Derry and Adel Taarabt because of illness and injury respectively, the home side began superbly. Helguson twice threatened early on with shots from the right-hand corner of the box before Anton Ferdinand spurned a great chance at the back post following the Icelandic striker's header back across goal.
Translations
in a relative manner
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