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singularly, adv.|ˈsɪŋgjʊləlɪ|
Forms: α. 4 syngulerlyche, 5 singuleerliche; 4–6 syng-, singulerly (4 -li, 6 -lie, -lye). β. 5–6 syngularly, 6– singularly (6 -lie).
[f. singular a. + -ly2.]
1. Singly; apart from, unaccompanied or unaided by, any or all others; by oneself or itself; one by one, separately, individually. Now rare.
a1340Hampole Psalter xxi. 21 All proude men, þat raises þaim vp syngulerly, and suffers na felaghis. 1387–8T. Usk Test. Love iii. v. (Skeat) I. 94 Ye, and yet other-whyle with wil assenteth, singulerly by him-selfe. a1400Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton, 1483) iv. xx. 65 On the wylle I oute throwe my salt teres, for syngulerly on the my look is set. a1470Harding Chron. ccvi. iii, [He] faught full worthely With George Turnaile in lyestes syngulerly. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 29 Therefore by theyr parcelles syngularly they be to be declared. 1541Act 33 Hen. VIII, c. 28 §2 Euery of them..maie retaine singulerlie to euery one of them in his house..one chaplein. 1653Baxter Christian Concord 109 That man..who will do all alone, singularly or on his own head. 1690Leybourn Curs. Math. 345 In truth there are 4 Roots, but every one singularly equal to b. 1839–48Bailey Festus 70/1 He..Would solemnly and singularly curse Each minute [etc.].
b. With special application or reference to one person or thing.
1456Paston Lett. I. 390 Yf I have rehersed wyttyngly the text of the Gospell syngularly unto your maistership, I beseche you to be had excused. 1592G. Harvey Four Lett. iii. 49, I speake generally to euery springing wit: but more specially to a few: and at this instante singularly to one. 1644Jessop Angel of Ephesus 11 The denomination is not to be taken..Singularly or Personally, but..collectively. 1679Moxon Mech. Exerc. viii. 138 Though I have spoken singularly of one Principal Post, yet as you work this, you must work all four Principal Posts.
c. After one's own fashion; independently.
1669W. Gurnall Chr. in Arm. Introd. i. 3/2 The Christian is to walk singularly, not after the World's guise. 1671Milton P.R. iii. 57 His lot who dares be singularly good. [1806S. Rogers Written in Westminster Abbey 16 Round Him, who dared be singularly good.]
2. In the singular number; so as to denote one.
c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. II. 345 He seid not pluraliche, þat he shulde ȝyve it to his seedis, but singulerly, to his seed. a1522Lily Grammar in Shaks. Jahrbuch (1908) 89 How verbes..varye in ther modes,..and in theyr persones, bothe syngularly and plurally. 1575Fenton Gold. Epist. (1577) 74 Christ pardoning this theefe, sayd not, Amen dico vobis, but speaking singularly, he sayd, Amen dico tibi. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 181 The Hebrews call them [goats] singularly Ez, and plurally Izim. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. 246 Though that Poet speak more than once of God Singularly.
3. In a special manner; to an unusual degree or extent; specially, particularly, unusually.
c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode ii. cv. (1869) 115 Youre wit is singuleerliche to alowe and to preyse. 1447O. Bokenham Seyntys (Roxb.) 8 Most singulerly Verteuous be hyr excellent cheryte. 1509Fisher Funeral Serm. C'tess Richmond Wks. (1878) 290 In which .iiii. [things] the noble woman Martha.. was syngulerly to be commended and praysed. 1549Coverdale, etc. Erasm. Par. Rom. 44 Salute Persis, whome I syngulerlye loue. 1620E. Blount Horæ Subs. 344 You shall see the ouercomming of the Citie, liuely set forth, and the holy things..singularly expressed. 1664H. More Myst. Iniq. xiv. 47 They were singularly well accomplished therein. 1725De Foe Voy. round World (1840) 122 They had something singularly honest and sincere in their faces. 1797–1805S. & Ht. Lee Canterb. Tales I. 81 A forgetfulness of himself, that was singularly charming. 1825W. Cobbett Rur. Rides (1885) II. 1 The afternoon was singularly beautiful. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xxii. IV. 718 A man of singularly clear judgment and singularly lofty spirit. 1884R. W. Church Bacon ix. 223 His Latin..is singularly forcible and expressive.
†4. Excellently, admirably, particularly well. Obs.
1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. 76 Caesar, the proper youth, is singularly disposed. 1599B. Jonson Cynthia's Rev. iv. i, That rebatu becomes thee singularly. 1617Moryson Itin. ii. 72 Master Secretary..spake singularly for the justifying of her Majesties speciall care.
5. Oddly, strangely, peculiarly. rare.
1752J. Hill Hist. Anim. 292 Cyclopterus, the lump-fish: This is a very singularly-shaped fish..and of a remarkably clumsy figure. 1820Scott Monast. Introd. Ep., The quires of paper thus singularly conferred on me. a1864Hawthorne Amer. Note-bks. (1879) I. 39 Here I am, settled since night before last,..and living very singularly. |