severally

[US]/'sev(ə)r(ə)lɪ/
[UK]/'sɛvrəli/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. individually, separately

Phrases & Collocations

severally mentioned

jointly and severally

Example Sentences

The manager met with each team member severally to discuss their performance.

The students were asked severally to submit their assignments on time.

She called the customer service hotline severally but couldn't get through.

The committee members voted severally on the proposed changes.

The software was tested severally to ensure its reliability.

He apologized severally for his mistake.

The team tried severally to solve the problem but couldn't find a solution.

The company has been warned severally about violating safety regulations.

The witness was questioned severally by the defense lawyer.

The government has failed severally to address the issue of homelessness.

Real-world Examples

Goodin then turned to Clem, and then to Eliza and the children, examining them severally, and asking various questions.

Source: Twelve Years a Slave

These issues can be considered severally, or as a whole.

Source: Langman OCLM-01 words

Sue and Jude listened, and severally saw themselves in time past going through the same form of self-committal.

Source: Jude the Obscure (Part Two)

Then the blankets were rolled up, and being severally delivered to me and deposited in the wagon, the procession set forth again.

Source: Twelve Years a Slave

It was not more possible to find social isolation in that town than elsewhere, and two people persistently flirting could by no means escape from " the various entanglements, weights, blows, clashings, motions, by which things severally go on" .

Source: Middlemarch (Part Two)

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