singly

adv

1. (not-comparable)In a single or unaccompanied manner; without a companion.

   “Singly, they are every one a representation or appearance of some quality, or other accident of a body without us, which is commonly called an object.”

   “The cross, reared now above all other objects, and standing singly out against the sky, was greeted with a burst of delight; […”

   “Grey-coloured woods covered a large part of the surface. This even tint was indeed broken up by streaks of yellow sand-break in the lower lands, and by many tall trees of the pine family, out-topping the others—some singly, some in clumps […]”

   “They dragged themselves from the swamp singly, and in twos and threes, more dead than alive, mere perambulating skeletons, until at last there were thirty of us.”

2. (not-comparable)Individually; particularly; severally.

   “to make men singly and personally good”

   “Ursula saw that now Bella Watson's chance meetings with him had to be strategically and singly planned by Bella, whose wifely attentions to the bereaved man were markedly meaning.”

3. (not-comparable)Without partners, companions, or associates; single-handed.

   “to attack another singly”

4. (not-comparable)Honestly; sincerely; simply.
5. (not-comparable, obsolete)Singularly; peculiarly.