Hypertext Webster Gateway: "respectively"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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) 1.7 (wn)
respectively
adv : in the order given; "the brothers were called Felix and Max,
respectively" [syn: {severally}]
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