Singly

2 definitions found

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

  Singly \Sin"gly\, adv.
     1. Individually; particularly; severally; as, to make men
        singly and personally good.
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     2. Only; by one's self; alone.


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              Look thee, 't is so! Thou singly honest man. --Shak.
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     3. Without partners, companions, or associates;
        single-handed; as, to attack another singly.
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              At omber singly to decide their doom. --Pope.
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     4. Honestly; sincerely; simply. [R.] --Johnson.
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     5. Singularly; peculiarly. [Obs.] --Milton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  singly
       adv 1: one by one; one at a time; "they were arranged singly" [ant:
               {multiply}]
       2: apart from others; "taken individually, the rooms were, in
          fact, square"; "the fine points are treated singly" [syn:
          {individually}, {separately}, {severally}, {one by one}, {on
          an individual basis}]