severalityn.
/sɛvəˈralɪti/ rare.† 2. Separateness, distinctness. Obsolete.
1. plural. Individual or particular points, matters, or objects.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > [noun] > individuality or distinctness > separate or distinct thing or person > separate or distinct things or persons
severalsa1616
severalities1649
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. xiii. f. 37 Lette it not come in our myndes ones to imagine suche a Trinitie of Persons as may hold our thought withdrawen into seueralties [1562 seueralities].]
1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions iv. v. 436 All the severalities of the degrees prohibited run still upon the male.
1829 W. Taylor Historic Surv. German Poetry II. 359 He..Packs up his severalities.
1843 R. W. Emerson Carlyle in Wks. (1906) III. 315 And no such glaring contrasts or severalities in that or this.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [noun]
diversitya1340
difference1340
variancec1374
distancea1382
unlikenessa1387
variationc1405
discrepation?a1425
distinction1435
severaltyc1449
unlikelinessc1450
dissemblance1463
unlikelihood1483
alteritya1500
indifferencec1503
discrepancea1522
dissimilitude1532
differency1542
variety1552
discernment1570
disparitya1575
discrepancy1579
otherness1587
discernance1592
imparity1608
disanalogy1610
disresemblance1622
dislikeness1623
diff1624
inconformity1625
irresemblance1628
variousness1628
odds1642
disparation1654
aliety1656
disparility1656
disparateness1659
severality1664
nonconformity1672
unconformableness1712
dissimilarity1715
differentness1727
differ1787
allogeneitya1834
otherwiseness1890
otherliness1937
diversion-
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > [noun] > individuality or distinctness
severaltyc1449
severality1664
articulation1665
distinctness1668
distinctivenessa1680
distinctitya1834
distinctivity1836
distinguishableness1893
1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. Pref. sig. B2v Multiplicity of parts,..diversity of figures, severality of functions.
3. in severality: separately, singly, each by itself.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > individual [phrase] > individually or separately
by sundriesc1450
in particular1502
in severalty1588
in several1592
in severality1665
1665 J. Webb Vindic. Stone-Heng (1725) 31 Reckoning up the Parts of Structures in Severality.
1836 J. Abbott Way to do Good ix. 284 The objects, though..trifling when regarded in severality and detail rise to..importance when we consider their fast aggregation.
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