Respectively vs Appropriately - What's the difference?
respectively | appropriately |
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.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=November 5
, author=Phil Dawkes
, title=QPR 2 - 3 Man City
, work=BBC Sport
As adverbs the difference between respectively and appropriately
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 appropriately is in an appropriate manner; properly; suitably.respectively
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*Adverb
(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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