Respectively vs Accordingly - What's the difference?
respectively | accordingly |
In a relative manner; often used when comparing 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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, year=2011
, date=November 5
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, title=QPR 2 - 3 Man City
, work=BBC Sport
(manner) Agreeably; correspondingly; suitably; in a manner conformable.
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(conjunctive) In natural sequence; consequently; so.
As adverbs the difference between respectively and accordingly
is that respectively is in a relative manner; often used when comparing lists, where the term denotes that the items in the lists correspond to each other in the order they are given while accordingly is agreeably; correspondingly; suitably; in a manner conformable.respectively
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(en adverb)- ''Serena Williams and Roger Federer won the women's and men's singles titles, respectively , at the 2010 Australian Open.
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