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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
    Germanic collective: onesome
    Germanolatinate collective: singlet, singleton
    Greek or Latinate collective: monad
    Greek collective prefix: mono-
    Latinate collective prefix: uni-
    Fractional: whole
    Elemental: singlet, singleton
    Greek prefix: proto-
    Number of musicians: solo
    Number of years: year

Etymology

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From Middle English senglely. Equivalent to single +‎ -ly.

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singly (not comparable)

  1. In a single or unaccompanied manner; without a companion.
  2. 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.
  3. Without partners, companions, or associates; single-handed.
    to attack another singly
  4. Honestly; sincerely; simply.
  5. (obsolete) Singularly; peculiarly.

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