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INDIVIDUALLY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Apart from others
Example:
the fine points are treated singly
Synonyms:
individually; on an individual basis; one by one; separately; severally; singly
Classified under:
Pertainym:
individual (being or characteristic of a single thing or person)
Context examples:
Of the lady, individually, Emma thought very little.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
To herself, individually, it was most tempting.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
The delay of arrival at Varna made us individually satisfied that things would not be just as we had expected; we only waited to learn where the change would occur.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
The interval between two successive cell divisions during which the chromosomes are not individually distinguishable.
(Interphase Process, NCI Thesaurus)
The combination exhibits a greater muscle sparing effect than either drug given individually at comparable doses.
(Formoterol Fumarate/Roxithromycin, NCI Thesaurus)
Removal of text elements that would make data individually identifiable.
(Deidentification, NCI Thesaurus)
This is a major alignment that affects governments of the world (due to Pluto’s involvement), as well as each of us individually.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
The malignant cells lack cohesion and are arranged individually or in a linear manner (Indian files), or as narrow trabeculae within the stroma.
(Invasive Lobular Breast Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
The results were similar when accounting for consumption of tree nuts, peanuts and walnuts individually.
(Eating Regular Variety of Nuts Associated with Lower Risk of Heart Disease, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
While common genetic variations linked to schizophrenia individually exert only tiny effects on risk, having just one mutant copy of SETD1A is sufficient to confer a large increase in disease risk.
(Schizophrenia risk gene linked to cognitive deficits in mice, National Institutes of Health)
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