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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Respectively \Re*spec"tive*ly\, adverb
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.
The impressions from the objects or the senses do mingle respectively every one with its kind. --Bacon.
2. Relatively; not absolutely. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh.
3. Partially; with respect to private views. [Obs.]
4. With respect; regardfully. [Obs.] --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
respectively
adverb: in the order given; "the brothers were called Felix and Max, respectively" [syn: {severally}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "respectively": 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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