Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb Singly in the order designated or mentioned.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a respective manner, in any sense.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb As relating to each; particularly; as each belongs to each; as each refers to each in order.
- adverb obsolete Relatively; not absolutely.
- adverb obsolete Partially; with respect to private views.
- adverb obsolete With respect; regardfully.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb 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.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in the order given
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Examples
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In the very able and interesting article in our last number, by Mr. Freeland, that writer announced the doctrine that 'the social, political, religious, and scientific development of the world proceeds under the operation of two grand antagonistic principles,' which he calls respectively, 'Unity,' and 'Individuality.'
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 6, December 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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And it will follow further that the mind has four faculties appropriate to these four divisions, which we call respectively pure reason (the highest), understanding, conviction, and perception of shadows; the first pair being concerned with being, the field of the intellect; the second pair with becoming, the field of opinion.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics Various 1910
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[242] The sect of the Cabalists, indeed, believed in the existence of spirits of nature, embodiments or representatives of the four elements, which they called respectively gnomes, sylphs, salamanders, and ondines.
The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology Edwin Sidney Hartland 1887
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Herodotus had himself visited Thasos, and tells us that the mines were on the eastern coast of the island, between two places which he calls respectively
History of Phoenicia George Rawlinson 1857
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The company sold 3.9 million Macs and 9 million iPods, proving that even sales of its more seasoned products are growing -- 27% and 11% respectively from a year ago.
Apple Crushes Estimates On Surging IPhone Sales Heather Struck 2010
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Revenues in Latin America and Asia were up 13% and 7% respectively from a year ago.
Citigroup's $2 Billion Profit Boosts Banks Halah Touryalai 2010
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Thus their forced resignation or firing from Hearst, CNN and NPR respectively is the right action.
Parvez Ahmed: Juan Williams to Helen Thomas: Clarity Missing in Debate Over Free Speech Parvez Ahmed 2010
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Actors Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell, known to fans as Admiral William Adama and President Laura Roslin respectively, joined producers Ronald D. Moore and David Eicke, as well as moderator Whoopi Goldberg (… for some reason) in discussing human rights, terrorism, children and armed conflict, and reconciliation between civilians and faiths.
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Thus their forced resignation or firing from Hearst, CNN and NPR respectively is the right action.
Parvez Ahmed: Juan Williams to Helen Thomas: Clarity Missing in Debate Over Free Speech Parvez Ahmed 2010
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Less than 6% and 1.5% charitable giving for Obamas and Bidens respectively is certainly nothing to brag about.
Obamas paid $1.79M in taxes on income of $5.5M for 2009 2010
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