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# singly

«singly» in Mova's school dictionary: **one at a time, or one by one, not in a group** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (singly)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Singly means one at a time, or one by one, not in a group. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/singly/#m1)

2) Singly means alone, on its own. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/singly/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life: "Enter singly." In science: some animals live singly, others in groups. In shops: items sold singly or in packs (useful in maths price problems). Phrases: singly or in pairs, sold singly.

### examples

- The pupils came in singly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/singly/#x1)
- The bananas are sold singly or in bunches. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/singly/#x2)
- Tigers usually live singly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/singly/#x3)
- Plant the seeds singly, 5 cm apart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/singly/#x4)
- Answer the questions singly, not all together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/singly/#x5)
- The guests arrived singly or in pairs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/singly/#x6)

### note

From single. Spelling: singly (not "singlely"). In maths: compare price singly with price in a pack — e.g. 30p each singly or 1 pound for a pack of 4, so the pack is cheaper per item (25p).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «singly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/singly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.