Synonyms for singly
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : sing-glee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪŋ gli |
Définition of singly
Origin :- c.1300, from single (adj.) + -ly (2).
- adv individually
- Here; singly to your face, or in the presence of your nation.
- Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
- It does not tell us singly what poetry is, but it speculates upon the cause and effect of poetry.
- Extract from : « The Lyric » by John Drinkwater
- Singly, they are strong impulses; combined, their power is irresistible.
- Extract from : « Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 (of 2) » by Charles Lever
- With the halting precision of the ignorant, she had counted them singly every day.
- Extract from : « Tess of the Storm Country » by Grace Miller White
- In the mass they are appalling but singly they are surmountable.
- Extract from : « A Daughter of the Middle Border » by Hamlin Garland
- My clients came to me, singly and in pairs, to grovel and to implore.
- Extract from : « The Plum Tree » by David Graham Phillips
- And sexually he goes as a single individual; he can mingle only singly.
- Extract from : « Fantasia of the Unconscious » by D. H. Lawrence
- They stood about singly and in groups, opening and shutting their beaks.
- Extract from : « Love Among the Chickens » by P. G. Wodehouse
- Together they could protect each other, but singly they were at my mercy.
- Extract from : « A Study In Scarlet » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- The strings of the piano vibrate, not singly, but ten at a time.
- Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall
Antonyms for singly
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