collectivelyadv.
/kəˈlɛktɪvli/ 1.
a. In a collective manner or capacity; in a body, in the aggregate, as a whole.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [adverb]
together707
to-samec893
midOE
samedOE
samenc975
samenlya1300
in blanda1400
overhead?a1425
ensemblec1440
togethers1440
collectively1597
totally1676
collectedlya1687
the world > relative properties > wholeness > the whole or all > [adverb] > all taken collectively
whollyc1330
generallyc1350
riff and raff?a1400
overhead1483
collectively1597
accumulatively1645
aggregately1660
complexly1660
collectedlya1687
together1849
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. xlviii. 101 Although we cannot be free from all sinne collectiuely..yet distributiuely..all great..actuall offences..may..be..auoyded.
1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. xvii. 54 Their power..was exercised either collectively or apart and severally.
1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ 11 The Holy Scriptures, collectively, have been often bound in all those little forms.
1881 B. Jowett tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War I. 122 The sacrifice which they collectively made was individually repaid to them.
b. Grammar. In a collective sense; as a collective noun.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > noun > [adverb] > specific
appellatively1613
collectively1641
gerundively1849
gerundially1860
1641 J. Milton Animadversions 49 Then must the name be collectively, and communicatively taken.
1795 L. Murray Eng. Gram. 106 The article a or an agrees with nouns in the singular number only, individually or collectively.
2. By collective action or arrangement.
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society > society and the community > social relations > co-operation > [adverb]
mutually1531
shoulder to shouldera1586
in the (or a) quilla1616
in consort1634
concurrently1648
in harness1873
collectively1902
collaboratively1971
in tandem1974
1902 Daily Chron. 17 Oct. 3/3 The collectively-agreed rate of a shilling per hour.
1908 Daily Chron. 28 Mar. 6/7 Collectively-owned property.
1925 Nation 25 Nov. 598/1 The breaking up of the old concentrated village into smaller artels or collectives which move out of the village group permanently and form smaller groups living right on the land, which is operated collectively.
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