respectively
adverb
re·spec·tive·ly
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Definition of respectively
1
: 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
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The new three-year contract will be at a fixed total price of roughly $4.645 million, with two one-year options at approximately $1.686 million and $1.733 million, respectively. — Anthony Clark Carpio, Burbank Leader, "Airport officials change decision, award janitorial contract to incumbent," 30 Aug. 2019 In July, the median time a home in Alexandria and Arlington sold after being listed was nine and 12 days, respectively, which is about 30 days faster than the same period a year ago. — Washington Post, "Area residents, not Amazon newcomers, are fueling Northern Virginia real estate frenzy, agents say," 28 Aug. 2019 Furman and Heckert will be the principals of Harbor View and Wilson Elementary schools, respectively. — Lilly Nguyen, Daily Pilot, "New school year brings new principals at Newport-Mesa’s Harbor View and Wilson Elementary," 27 Aug. 2019 The northern Virginia cities of Alexandria and Arlington are now the two most competitive housing markets in the country, respectively, according to a Redfin report. — Irina Ivanova, CBS News, "Home prices in some Virginia suburbs have shot up $100,000. Thank Amazon," 26 Aug. 2019 The reward offer is in addition to others of $2,500, $5,000 and $1,000 offered, respectively, by the American Wild Horse Campaign, Return to Freedom and The Cloud Foundation organizations. — BostonGlobe.com, "Tourist may have brought measles to Southern California," 25 Aug. 2019 Sunday and Monday will be hot and humid with highs in the upper 90s to around 101° respectively. — Dallas News, "NBC5 Forecast: Hot and humid for just a few more days," 24 Aug. 2019 That is, respectively, about 78, 3,000 and 57 times more than the largest existing processor from Nvidia, a chipmaker. — The Economist, "Cerebras unveils the world’s chunkiest AI chip," 22 Aug. 2019 In fact, the average 3 and 6 month performance for U.S. stocks was 1.2% and 1.0%, respectively, in this time. — Ben Carlson, Fortune, "Recession Watch: 3 Ways to Reframe Your Thinking About the Next Downturn," 21 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'respectively.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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