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sunderly

sunderly adjective: separate; distinct; individual; private.

Adjective

sunderly (comparative more sunderly, superlative most sunderly)

  1. (archaic, rare) separate; distinct; individual; private
    • Then it was in forthgoing time, that he built him a sunderly dwelling, that he might in it freely serve God.1852, Alfred (England, King), The Whole Works

Adverb

sunderly (comparative more sunderly, superlative most sunderly)

  1. singly; one by one; individually; in a separate way or manner; separately
    • But as I deny not but as we may say the Pater noster, and the Ave Maria together (that to God, this to our Lady), so we may say them sunderly, the Pater noster by itself, and the Ave by itself; and the Pater noster is a whole and a perfect prayer, without the Ave Maria; […]1870, George Townsend, The acts and monuments of John Foxe

Forms of sunderly

Adjective
comparativemore sunderly
superlativemost sunderly
Adverb
comparativemore sunderly
superlativemost sunderly

Origin of sunderly

From Middle English sunderli, sonderli, from Old English sundorlīċ, synderlīċ, equivalent to sunder + -ly.

From Middle English sunderli, sonderli, from Old English sundorlīċe, synderlīċe, equivalent to sunder + -ly.

Questions about sunderly

What does sunderly mean?
Sunderly means separate; distinct; individual; private.
What part of speech is sunderly?
Sunderly can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near sunderly in the dictionary

  1. Sunderland Bay
  2. Sunderland Bridge
  3. Sunderlander
  4. Sunderlanders
  5. sunderling
  6. sunderly
  7. Sunderman
  8. Sundermans
  9. sunderment
  10. sunderments
  11. sunders

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