singly

Adverb

1. In a single or unaccompanied manner; without a companion.
   • 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. - 1651, Thomas Hobbes, chapter I, in Leviathan, or The Matter,...
   • The cross, reared now above all other objects, and standing singly out against the sky, was greeted with a burst of delight; [… - 1880 November 12, Lew[is] Wallace, chapter X, in Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, New York,...
   • Grey-coloured woods covered a large part of the surface. This even tint was indeed broken up by streaks of yellow sand-break in the lower lands, and by many tall trees of the pine family, out-topping the others—some...
2. Individually; particularly; severally.
   • to make men singly and personally good
   • Ursula saw that now Bella Watson's chance meetings with him had to be strategically and singly planned by Bella, whose wifely attentions to the bereaved man were markedly meaning. - 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by...
3. Without partners, companions, or associates; single-handed.
   • to attack another singly
4. Honestly; sincerely; simply.
5. Singularly; peculiarly.