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sev⋅er⋅al⋅ly

  [sev-er-uh-lee, sev-ruh-]
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–adverb
1. separately; singly.
2. respectively.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see several, -ly
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sev·er·al   (sěv'ər-əl, sěv'rəl)   
adj.  
  1. Being of a number more than two or three but not many: several miles away.
  2. Single; distinct: "Pshaw! said I, with an air of carelessness, three several times" (Laurence Sterne).
  3. Respectively different; various: They parted and went their several ways. See Synonyms at distinct.
  4. Law Relating separately to each party of a bond or note.
pron.   (used with a pl. verb)
An indefinite but small number; some or a few: Several of the workers went home sick.

[Middle English, separate, from Anglo-Norman, from Medieval Latin sēparālis, sēperālis, from Latin sēpar, from sēparāre, to separate; see separate.]
sev'er·al·ly adv.
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Severally

Sev"er*al*ly\, adv. Separately; distinctly; apart from others; individually.

There must be an auditor to check and revise each severally by itself. --De Quincey.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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