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Severally

SEV'ERALLY, adverb Separately; distinctly; apart from others. Call the men severally by name.

I could not keep my eye steady on them severally so as to number them.

Newton.

To be jointly and severally bound in a contract, is for each obligor to be liable to pay the whole demand, in case the other or others are not able.

First Occurrence in the Bible(KJV): 1 Corinthians 12:11