Singularly vs Singly - What's the difference?
singularly | singly |
In a singular manner.
Strangely; oddly.
* 1895 , H. G. Wells, The Time Machine Chapter X
In a single or unaccompanied manner; without a companion.
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Individually; particularly; severally
Without partners, companions, or associates; single-handed
Honestly; sincerely; simply.
(obsolete) Singularly; peculiarly.
As adverbs the difference between singularly and singly
is that singularly is in a singular manner while singly is in a single or unaccompanied manner; without a companion.singularly
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- Now, I still think that for this box of matches to have escaped the wear of time for immemorial years was a strange, and for me, a most fortunate thing. Yet oddly enough I found here a far more unlikely substance, and that was camphor. I found it in a sealed jar, that, by chance, I supposed had been really hermetically sealed. I fancied at first the stuff was paraffin wax, and smashed the jar accordingly. But the odor of camphor was unmistakable. It struck me as singularly odd, that among the universal decay, this volatile substance had chanced to survive, perhaps through many thousand years.
References
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English
Adverb
(-)- to make men singly and personally good
- to attack another singly