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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

respectively
    adv 1: in the order given; "the brothers were called Felix and
           Max, respectively" [syn: respectively, severally]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Respectively \Re*spec"tive*ly\, adv.
   1. As relating to each; particularly; as each belongs to
      each; as each refers to each in order; as, let each man
      respectively perform his duty.
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            The impressions from the objects or the senses do
            mingle respectively every one with its kind.
                                                  --Bacon.
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   2. Relatively; not absolutely. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh.
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   3. Partially; with respect to private views. [Obs.]
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   4. With respect; regardfully. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Thesaurus Results for respectively:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

apiece, commonly, communally, distributively, each, each to each, entre nous, even stephen, fifty-fifty, half-and-half, in equal shares, in proportion, individually, inter se, jointly, mutatis mutandis, mutually, one by one, per annum, per capita, pro rata, proportionately, separately, severally, singly

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