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respectively

adv
/ɹɪˈspɛktɪvli/

Etymology

From respective + -ly.

  1. derived from respectus
  2. borrowed from respectivus
  3. formed as respectively — “respective + -ly”

Definitions

  1. In a relative manner

    In a relative manner; often used when comparing array lists, where the term denotes that the items in the lists correspond to each other in the order they are given.

    • Serena Williams and Roger Federer won the women's and men's singles titles, respectively, at the 2010 Australian Open.
    • The 49th and 50th states of the United States of America are Alaska and Hawaii, respectively.
    • Visible distance behind and before us, is respectively our image of memory and hope.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at respectively. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at respectively. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at respectively

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA