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English Dictionary: singly by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
singly
adv
  1. one by one; one at a time; "they were arranged singly"
    Antonym(s): multiply
  2. apart from others; "taken individually, the rooms were, in fact, square"; "the fine points are treated singly"
    Synonym(s): individually, separately, singly, severally, one by one, on an individual basis
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Singly \Sin"gly\, adv.
      1. Individually; particularly; severally; as, to make men
            singly and personally good.
  
      2. Only; by one's self; alone.
  
                     Look thee, 't is so! Thou singly honest man. --Shak.
  
      3. Without partners, companions, or associates;
            single-handed; as, to attack another singly.
  
                     At omber singly to decide their doom. --Pope.
  
      4. Honestly; sincerely; simply. [R.] --Johnson.
  
      5. Singularly; peculiarly. [Obs.] --Milton.
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