collectively
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Etymology tree
English collective
English collectively
From collective + -ly.
Adverb
[edit]collectively (not comparable)
- In a collective manner; viewed together as a whole; to be treated as a single unit, rather than the items that make up the collection separately.
- 2001, Michael Dobrovolsky, “Phonetics: The Sounds of Language”, in William O'Grady, John Archibald, Mark Aronoff, Janie Rees-Miller, editors, Contemporary Linguistics, →ISBN, page 18:
- ...the tube of the throat between the larynx and the oral cavity, which is called the pharynx; the oral cavity; and the nasal cavity. These passages are collectively known as the vocal tract.
- This term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text
{{rfdef}}.- 1986 February 15, Elizabeth Pincus, “The Passing of Canada's Body Politic”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 39, page 3:
- It was also among the handful of lesbian/gay publications run collectively.
Synonyms
[edit]- jointly, mutually; see also Thesaurus:jointly
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]in a collective manner
|
Categories:
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *ḱe
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *ḱóm
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *leǵ-
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *leyg- (like)
- English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial)
- English lemmas
- English adverbs
- English uncomparable adverbs
- English terms with quotations