👫 By pairs 👫 Two at a time

pairwise

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In groups of two, you look at each group separately

adverb
/ˈpɛrˌwaɪz/

: por pares

The researchers analyzed the data pairwise to compare the results of each group against the others.

Under these restrictions, odd number of people, pairwise different distances, there is always a survivor.

Examples

Imagine folding up six real dimensions pairwise into three complex dimensions.
Factor scores were generated for the above-mentioned subscales utilizing Principal Component Analysis as the extraction method, Varimax with Kaiser Normalization as the rotation, and missing cases were deleted pairwise.

Academic text (2004)
So in fact, we're saying more than more than pairwise statistical independence.
OK, you're and now you want to want to pairwise see which one is most likely.
To understand the relationship better, he examined the samples pairwise during the experimentation phase.
The survey responses were evaluated pairwise to determine the differences between each participant's answers.

Surface Forms

pairwise positive

Morphology

pairwise = pair (transparent) = pair + wise

Formed by the productive suffix '-wise' attached to 'pair' to indicate 'in pairs' or 'two at a time', which is semantically regular.

Etymology

Pairwise comes from pair meaning 'two' and the ending -wise meaning 'in the way of', like in lengthwise. So to do something pairwise is to do it 'in pairs' or 'two at a time'.