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- Dictionaryrespectively/rɪˈspɛktɪvli/
adverb
- 1. separately or individually and in the order already mentioned (used when enumerating two or more items or facts that refer back to a previous statement): "they received sentences of one year and eight months respectively"
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RESPECTIVELY definition: 1. in a way that relates or belongs to each of the separate people or things you have just…. Learn more.
: in the order given. Mary and Anne were respectively 12 and 16 years old. 2. : in particular : separately. could not recognize the solutions as salty or sour, respectively. Examples of respectively in a Sentence.
RESPECTIVELY meaning: 1. in a way that relates or belongs to each of the separate people or things you have just…. Learn more.
Respectively definition: (of two or more things) referring or applying to two or more things previously mentioned in a parallel or sequential way. See examples of RESPECTIVELY used in a sentence.
Respectively means in the same order as the items that you have just mentioned. Their sons, Ben and Jonathan, were three and six respectively. They finished first and second respectively.
You can think of respectively as a word that lines things up in order so they match. You might say that pizza and meatloaf are your favorite and least favorite foods, respectively. If you and your sister were voted Most Improved and MVP in a baseball league, respectively, then you got better and your sister was the best.
1. in precisely the order given; sequentially. 2. (of two or more subjects, with reference to two or more subjects previously mentioned) in a parallel or sequential way: Joe and Bob escorted Betty and Alice, respectively. [1550–60]
