RESPECTIVELY

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RESPECTIVELYadv.
Websters Unabridged Dictionary (1913) • 1913
As relating to each; particularly; as each belongs to each; as each refers to each in order; as, let each man respectively perform his duty. The impressions from the objects or the senses do mingle respectively every one with its kind. Bacon. Relatively; not absolutely. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh. Partially; with respect to private views. [Obs.] With respect; regardfully. [Obs.] Shak.
respectivelyadv
Wiktionary (English) • 2026
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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.

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