Respectively

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Respectively \Re*spec"tive*ly\, adv.
     1. As relating to each; particularly; as each belongs to
        each; as each refers to each in order; as, let each man
        respectively perform his duty.
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              The impressions from the objects or the senses do
              mingle respectively every one with its kind.
                                                    --Bacon.
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     2. Relatively; not absolutely. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh.
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     3. Partially; with respect to private views. [Obs.]
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     4. With respect; regardfully. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  respectively
       adv : in the order given; "the brothers were called Felix and Max,
             respectively" [syn: {severally}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "respectively":
     apiece, commonly, communally, distributively, each, each to each,
     entre nous, even stephen, fifty-fifty, half-and-half,
     in equal shares, in proportion, individually, inter se, jointly,
     mutatis mutandis, mutually, one by one, per annum, per capita,
     pro rata, proportionately, separately, severally, singly