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re⋅spec⋅tive⋅ly

  [ri-spek-tiv-lee]
Use respectively in a Sentence
–adverb
1. in precisely the order given; sequentially.
2. (of two or more things, with reference to two or more things previously mentioned) referring or applying to in a parallel or sequential way: Joe and Bob escorted Betty and Alice, respectively.
Origin:
1550–60; respective + -ly
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re·spec·tive·ly   (rĭ-spěk'tĭv-lē)   
adv.  Singly in the order designated or mentioned: I'm referring to each of you respectively.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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