Definitions
one by one; one at a time
Word origin
From Middle English senglely. Equivalent to single + -ly.
Used in a sentence
“Singly, they are every one a representation or appearance of some quality, or other accident of a body without us, which is commonly called an object.”
“The cross, reared now above all other objects, and standing singly out against the sky, was greeted with a burst of delight; […”
“They dragged themselves from the swamp singly, and in twos and threes, more dead than alive, mere perambulating skeletons, until at last there were thirty of us.”
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01“One at a time”6 letters
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