singly
5
4.6
- adverb
- /ˈsɪŋɡli/
:
individualmente
- The blows came singly and in pairs, a few seconds to more than a minute apart.
- singly or in combination
- singly or jointly
- singly or in pairs
You just put them singly to the full extent possible before you pair.
- You just put them singly to the full extent possible before you pair.
- There is neither something existing singly by itself, nor are there diverse antithesis.
- Hegel says yes, each of these two by themselves, taken singly in isolation, are merely unstable moments of the ethical consciousness.
Examples
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You just put them singly to the full extent possible before you pair.
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The letters are taught singly only when a child is taught to write them.
Academic text (2009) -
None exists singly in isolation; all four are at play in all that we think about.
Academic text (2009) -
But because it was a weak field, we filled them all up singly first before we paired.
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In December and January of 1945-46, the film played singly in New York for four weeks.
Academic text (2017) -
Volunteer actors sit for the camera, singly or in pairs, and pour out a stream of words.
Academic text (1997) -
Others stepped forward in a slow trickle, some singly, some in groups.
Fiction book (1998) -
Each ship will proceed singly in order to pick up stray ships we may find.
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In smaller markets, The Enchanted Forest played sometimes singly, as it did in Beatrice, Nebraska, and in Kokomo, Indiana.
Academic text (2017) -
Each student will present their project singly during the class session.
Synonyms
186
1.4
Things happen one after another, not at the same time
148
2.1
Each person does it alone rather than together
136
2.5
Happening one at a time and not with others
107
1.9
Handle each person or thing in turn, not all at once
7
4.4
Separately for each person or case
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
Antonyms
How Separate
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Singly comes from single ('one') plus the ending -ly ('in this way'). It pictures doing things 'one by one', so it means 'separately' or 'individually'.