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respectively, adv.|rɪˈspɛktɪvlɪ|
[f. respective a. + -ly2. Cf. F. respectivement.]
†1.
a. Carefully, attentively. Obs.
1556Olde Antichrist 24 In case we marke respectiuely the apostles tymes,..it shall..appeare, that..many rose [etc.]. 1589Late Voy. Spain & Portugal (Grosart) 71 Which good example..caused the commandement to be more respectivelie regarded all the iourney after. 1614Latham Falconry x. 38 She will be as soone reclaimd and made a certaine hawke,..if she be well vsed, and respectiuely handled. 1620tr. Boccaccio's Decam. (1625) II. 157 They quickly caught great store of fish to the King's high contentment, who observed their behaviour very respectively.
†b. With due consideration of facts or circumstances. Obs.
1607in Harington's Nugæ Ant. (1804) II. 216 Which text he handled so well, so learnedly, and so respectively. 1612T. Taylor Comm. Titus iii. 1 The second part of the Chapter warneth Titus, how to carrie himself more respectiuely..in contentious questions. a1677Barrow Wks. (1686) I. 281 The decision of such matters is to be reserved to those who, by study and experience, have attained peculiar faculties to doe it respectively.
2. Respectfully; with becoming respect, deference, or courtesy. Now rare. (Common in 17th c.)
1583Foxe A. & M. (1684) III. 929/1 The Kings will was that none of the Religion should be molested, but respectively used. 1593G. Harvey Pierce's Super. ii. Wks. (Grosart) II. 291 Might I respectiuely presume to intimate my slender opinion, without flattery, or other vndecency. 1607Middleton Five Gallants ii. i, Gentlemen, you are all most respectively welcome. 1649in Def. Rights Univ. Oxford (1690) 9 Towards whom we ever have and shall respectively comport ourselves. 1720Mrs. Manley Power of Love 142 Persons began to think and speak less respectively of that Passion, than in Days of their Forefathers. 1962John o' London's 25 Jan. 82/2 The magistrate is the Beak or, less respectively, the Old Tosser.
†3.
a. Relatively; comparatively. Obs.
1570Foxe A. & M. (ed. 2) 1470/2 After numbryng of the Articles, then come they and say that some be respectiuely hereticall, some erroneous, and some offensiue. 1587Golding De Mornay vi. (1592) 74 They must differ respectiuely and not essentially. 1635Swan Spec. M. v. §2 (1643) 80 It is not absolutely cold, but respectively. 1664Power Exp. Philos. i. 47 Its exiguity is to be respectively understood, of such Seeds as extend to large productions.
†b. Const. to something. Obs.
1601Bp. W. Barlow Defence 167 Austen concludeth that hee is called the sonne respectively to his father. 1656Bramhall Replic. iii. 129 They neither say nor intend this absolutely, but comparatively; not universally but respectively to some particular controverted points. 1759B. Stillingfleet Misc. Tracts (1762) 349 But this is only respectively to the species of animals.
4. Relatively to each of several persons or things; individually, singly, separately; each to each, severally.
1626Bacon Sylva §228 The Impressions from the Objects of the Senses, doe mingle respectiuely, euery one with his kinde. 1688Holme Armoury iii. 322/1 Into [these] Grooves the taps or screw-pins respectively fit. 1736Butler Anal. i. iii. 68 Virtue and vice are naturally rewarded and punished as beneficial and mischievous to Society; and rewarded and punished respectively as such. 1779Forrest Voy. N. Guinea 218 Hospitality must prove similar in countries and times, that respectively could never hear of each other. 1854Ronalds & Richardson Chem. Technol. (ed. 2) I. 167 The parts of the furnaces from which the gases should be taken are respectively 20 ft. above the blast in the former, and 22 ft. in the latter. 1891Law Rep. Weekly Notes 79/2 Of the three defendants.., two were respectively president and secretary of the..Society. |