INDIVIDUALLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does individually mean? 

• INDIVIDUALLY (adverb)
  The adverb INDIVIDUALLY has 1 sense:

1. apart from others

  Familiarity information: INDIVIDUALLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INDIVIDUALLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Apart from others

Synonyms:

individually; on an individual basis; one by one; separately; severally; singly

Context example:

the fine points are treated singly

Pertainym:

individual (being or characteristic of a single thing or person)

 Context examples 

Provides a short, individually administered assessment of the strategies and processes involved in learning and recall of verbal material.

(California Verbal Learning Test, Children's Version, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of class comparison used when more than two classes are present in which each class is compared individually to each of the other classes.

(All-Pairs Comparison, NCI Thesaurus)

A new study concludes that while individually unique, each connectotype demonstrates both familial and heritable relationships.

(Brain Activity Is Inherited, May Inform Treatment for ADHD, Autism, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

At about 125 million years old, these stars — known individually as Pleiads — have reached stellar "young adulthood."

(Kepler Watches Stellar Dancers in the Pleiades Cluster, NASA)

Particulars considered individually and in relation to a whole.

(Details, NCI Thesaurus)

Used to refer to every member of a group of people or things, considered individually.

(Each, NCI Thesaurus)

Not individually specified; expressed as a descrition, text, or set of instructions.

(Non-enumerated, NCI Thesaurus)

The act of specifying individually; expressing as a list.

(Enumeration, NCI Thesaurus)

Movement of goups of teeth as a unit as opposed to individually.

(en masse Movement, NCI Thesaurus)

The Jade Rabbit 2 rover has six individually powered wheels, so it can continue to operate even if one wheel fails.

(Chinese Rover Making Tracks on Dark Side of the Moon, VOA)