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View synonyms for individually

individually

[ in-duh-vij-oo-uh-lee ]

adverb

  1. one at a time; separately:

    The delegates were introduced individually.

  2. personally:

    Each of us is individually responsible.

  3. in an individual or personally unique manner:

    Her interpretation was individually conceived.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of individually1

First recorded in 1590–1600; individual + -ly

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Example Sentences

The endpaper features a “pattern of marbleized paper” that has been “individually designed.”

We tend to work pretty individually, and it works differently on every film.

None of these decisions individually determined the course of the election.

He scans the crowd as he speaks, making eye contact with each person individually.

The Olympics allow nations to field champions and individually represent the country in mock battle.

When thus indefinitely used, it must be understood as designed to bear individually each signification.

It also provides for the operation of all the stops individually in a large organ, and for the operation of the expression levers.

We have a right to be as grateful individually to any given private as to any given officer; their duties were very much the same.

The black pieces were neither numerous nor individually extensive, but they belonged to Scattergood.

Remember the many and great benefits conferred daily and hourly by God on mankind, universally and individually.

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