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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Singly \Sin"gly\, adverb
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
singly
adverb
1: one by one; one at a time; "they were arranged singly" [ant: {multiply}]
2: apart from others; "taken individually, the rooms were, in fact, square"; "the fine points are treated singly" [syn: {individually}, {separately}, {severally}, {one by one}, {on an individual basis}]
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