individually
136
2.5
- adverb
- /ˌɪndɪˈvɪdʒuəli/
:
individualmente
- We should offer both, both individually and as a bundle, OK.
- work individually
- students work individually
- collectively and individually
We should offer both, both individually and as a bundle, OK.
- We should offer both, both individually and as a bundle, OK.
- And now the question is, how are you individually dealing with that now?
- Now, states can individually decide their own rules.
- But I must talk about these products individually but also together.
- And they're all silly things, but individually wrapped gifts.
- You can buy it individually and pick up some of that.
- Each one of us has to individually go take the part that belongs to us.
- But that's why we are individually responsible, each of us.
- Or maybe both sides get therapy and they really, individually do the work.
- And it's for individually wrapped generic Viagra.
- But no, no one individually is good enough.
Examples
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All dogs, including pit bulls, should be judged individually.
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Pupils need to proceed independently whenever possible, individually or within a committee.
Academic text (2011) -
Now, states can individually decide their own rules.
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It's easier to do it individually, individually in small groups, right?
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When you say this, what comes to mind is that individually this is terrible.
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Each of you individually is here to learn, but the team itself needs a purpose.
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The students completed the study sheets individually and then compared them in small groups.
Academic text (1990) -
On both occasions, each partner completed the form individually, then they shared their ratings with each other.
Academic text (1999) -
A traditional ceremony was performed individually for each of these burials by the medicine woman.
Academic text (1990) -
The teacher will grade each essay individually to ensure fair assessment.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Not together because of distance, time or different homes
734
1.0
Only, not including any other person or thing
186
1.4
Things happen one after another, not at the same time
148
2.1
Each person does it alone rather than together
107
1.9
Handle each person or thing in turn, not all at once
60
2.9
Without any other people present
28
1.0
For every person or thing in a group
27
2.9
For each person or thing separately
7
1.0
For each person or thing separately
7
4.4
Separately for each person or case
5
4.6
One at a time rather than in a group
2
4.8
In separate parts rather than all at once
1
8.2
Each person or thing on its own, not as a group
So each part can be treated apart from the others
Antonyms
How Separate
Surface Forms
Morphology
individually = individual (transparent) = individual + ly
A regular adverbial formation from the adjective 'individual' using the productive suffix '-ly', so the meaning is predictable.
Etymology
Individually comes from individual, which is made of in- ('not') and divide ('to separate'), so it originally meant 'not able to be divided', a single unit. That's why to do something individually is to do it separately or one at a time.