singly
English edit
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| Cardinal: one Ordinal: first Latinate ordinal: primary Reverse order ordinal: last Latinate reverse order ordinal: ultimate Adverbial: one time, once Multiplier: onefold Latinate multiplier: single Distributive: singly Group collective: onesome Multipart collective: singlet Greek or Latinate collective: monad Greek collective prefix: mono- Latinate collective prefix: uni- Fractional: whole Elemental: singlet Greek prefix: proto- Number of musicians: solo Number of years: year | ||
Etymology edit
From Middle English senglely. Equivalent to single + -ly.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
singly (not comparable)
- In a single or unaccompanied manner; without a companion.
- 1651, Thomas Hobbes, chapter I, in Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civill, London: […] [William Wilson] for Andrew Crooke, […], →OCLC:
- Singly, they are every one a representation or appearance of some quality, or other accident of a body without us, which is commonly called an object.
- 1880 November 12, Lew[is] Wallace, chapter 10, in Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:
- The cross, reared now above all other objects, and standing singly out against the sky, was greeted with a burst of delight; […]
- 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, “13: How My Shore Adventure Began”, in Treasure Island, London, Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
- Grey-coloured woods covered a large part of the surface. This even tint was indeed broken up by streaks of yellow sand-break in the lower lands, and by many tall trees of the pine family, out-topping the others—some singly, some in clumps […]
- 1906, Jack London, chapter XVIII, in Before Adam[1]:
- They dragged themselves from the swamp singly, and in twos and threes, more dead than alive, mere perambulating skeletons, until at last there were thirty of us.
- Individually; particularly; severally.
- to make men singly and personally good
- 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 211:
- Ursula saw that now Bella Watson's chance meetings with him had to be strategically and singly planned by Bella, whose wifely attentions to the bereaved man were markedly meaning.
- Without partners, companions, or associates; single-handed.
- to attack another singly
- Honestly; sincerely; simply.
- (obsolete) Singularly; peculiarly.
Synonyms edit
- (without a companion): alone, solo; see also Thesaurus:solitarily
- (individually): discretely; see also Thesaurus:individually
- (without partners): unassisted; see also Thesaurus:by oneself
- (honestly): truly, truthfully; see also Thesaurus:honestly
- (peculiarly): oddly; see also Thesaurus:strangely
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
in a single or unaccompanied manner; without a companion
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individually; separately
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References edit
- “singly”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.