respectively

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US /ɹɪˈspɛktɪvli/
adv Freq #41200

Meanings

  1. 1
    adv

    in the order given

    the brothers were called Felix and Max, respectively

  2. 2
    adv

    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.

Etymology

From respective + -ly.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adv · in the order given severally

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