SEVERALLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does severally mean? 

• SEVERALLY (adverb)
  The adverb SEVERALLY has 3 senses:

1. apart from others

2. apart from others

3. in the order given

  Familiarity information: SEVERALLY used as an adverb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEVERALLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Apart from others

Synonyms:

independently; severally

Context example:

the clothes were hung severally

Sense 2

Meaning:

Apart from others

Synonyms:

individually; on an individual basis; one by one; separately; severally; singly

Context example:

the fine points are treated singly

Sense 3

Meaning:

In the order given

Synonyms:

respectively; severally

Context example:

the brothers were called Felix and Max, respectively

 Context examples 

They would have run away severally had they dared; but fear kept them together, and kept them close by John, as if his daring helped them.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

As we severally pushed away our plates, he noiselessly removed them, and set on the cheese.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

My dear madam, returned Mr. Micawber, perhaps I cannot better express the conclusion at which Mrs. Micawber, your humble servant, and I may add our children, have jointly and severally arrived, than by borrowing the language of an illustrious poet, to reply that our Boat is on the shore, and our Bark is on the sea.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

After the removal of the cloth, and the singing of Non Nobis (beautifully executed, and in which we were at no loss to distinguish the bell-like notes of that gifted amateur, WILKINS MICAWBER, ESQUIRE, JUNIOR), the usual loyal and patriotic toasts were severally given and rapturously received.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)