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- [sing-glee]
- /ˈsɪŋ gli/
- /ˈsɪŋ.ɡli/
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- [sing-glee]
- /ˈsɪŋ gli/
Definitions of singly word
- adverb singly apart from others; separately. 1
- adverb singly one at a time; as single units. 1
- adverb singly singlehanded; alone. 1
- adverb singly individually 1
- adverb singly alone 1
- adverb singly If people do something singly, they each do it on their own, or do it one by one. 0
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Origin of singly
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
First recorded in 1250-1300, singly is from the Middle English word senglely. See single, -ly
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Parts of speech for Singly
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
singly popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for singly
adv singly
- apart — When people or things are apart, they are some distance from each other.
- apiece — If people have a particular number of things apiece, they have that number each.
- autonomously — Government. self-governing; independent; subject to its own laws only. pertaining to an autonomy, or a self-governing community.
- by oneself — be oneself, to be in one's normal state of mind or physical condition. to be unaffected and sincere: One makes more friends by being oneself than by putting on airs.
adj singly
- alone — When you are alone, you are not with any other people.
adverb singly
- correspondingly — You use correspondingly when describing a situation which is closely connected with one you have just mentioned or is similar to it.
- disjointly — In a disjointed state.
- widowed — a woman who has lost her spouse by death and has not remarried.
Antonyms for singly
adj singly
- all in all — You use all in all to introduce a summary or general statement.
- all together — in chorus, in unison
- as a whole — If you refer to something as a whole, you are referring to it generally and as a single unit.
- as one — If a group of people does something as one, all the people do the same thing at the same time or in the same way.
- by and large — You use by and large to indicate that a statement is mostly but not completely true.
adv singly
- arm in arm — If two people are walking arm in arm, they are walking together with their arms linked.
- coincidentally — You use coincidentally when you want to draw attention to a coincidence.
- collectively — formed by collection.
- companionably — possessing the qualities of a good companion; pleasant to be with; congenial.
- concomitantly — existing or occurring with something else, often in a lesser way; accompanying; concurrent: an event and its concomitant circumstances.
adverb singly
- conjointly — In a conjoint manner; jointly or together.
- connectedly — In a connected way.
- inseparably — In an inseparable manner.
- jointly — together; in combination or partnership; in common: My brother and I own the farm jointly.
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