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collectively, adv.|kəˈlɛktɪvlɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
1. a. In a collective manner or capacity; in a body, in the aggregate, as a whole.
1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. xlviii. (T.), Although we cannot be free from all sin collectively..yet distributively all great actual offences..may..be.. avoided. 1649Selden Laws Eng. i. xvii. (1739) 34 Their power..was exercised either collectively, or apart and severally. 1715M. Davies Ath. Brit. i. 11 The Holy Scriptures, collectively, have been often bound in all those little forms. 1881Jowett Thucyd. I. 122 The sacrifice which they collectively made was individually repaid to them.
b. Gram. In a collective sense; as a collective noun.
1641Milton Animadv. (1851) 228 Then must the name be collectively, and communicatively taken. 1824L. Murray Eng. Gram. (ed. 5) I. 254 The article a or an agrees with nouns in the singular number only, individually, or collectively.
2. By collective action or arrangement.
1902Daily Chron. 17 Oct. 3/3 The collectively-agreed rate of a shilling per hour. 1908Ibid. 28 Mar. 6/7 Collectively-owned property. 1925[see collective n. 3 d]. |
