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Definition of distributively:
- By distribution; singly; not collectively; in a distributive manner.
Synonyms:
each, separately, severally, individually, apiece.
Usage examples:
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But those who have their wives and children in common will not say so, but all will say so, though not as individuals; therefore, to use the word all is evidently a fallacious mode of speech; for this word is sometimes used distributively, and sometimes collectively, on account of its double meaning, and is the cause of inconclusive syllogisms in reasoning.
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Further, the collective name can be predicated only of the whole group, as a whole; the general name is predicable of each, distributively.
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A collection of things inanimate, as a fleet, a heap, a row, a tier, a bundle, is seldom, if ever, taken distributively, with a plural pronoun.