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Serially vs Severally - What's the difference?

serially | severally |

As adverbs the difference between serially and severally

is that serially is in series, one after the other, as opposed to in parallel while severally is separately.

serially

English

Adverb

(-)
  • In series, one after the other, as opposed to in parallel.

    • Coordinate terms

    * (in series) in parallel, parallelly English sequence adverbs

    severally

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • separately
  • * , II.ii
    • I will dispatch you severally — you to Lord Lucius; to Lord Lucullus you; I hunted with his honour to-day.