severally Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adverb apart from others
    independently.
    • the clothes were hung severally
  2. adverb apart from others
    individually; on an individual basis; one by one; singly; separately.
    • taken individually, the rooms were, in fact, square
    • the fine points are treated singly
  3. adverb in the order given
    respectively.
    • the brothers were called Felix and Max, respectively

WordNet


Sev"er*al*ly adverb
Definitions
  1. Separately; distinctly; apart from others; individually.
    There must be an auditor to check and revise each severally by itself. De Quincey.

Webster 1913