"collectively" meaning in English

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Adverb

Etymology: Etymology tree Latin collēctīvusder. Middle French collectifder. English collective Middle English -ly English -ly English collectively From collective + -ly. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|collective|-ly<id:adverbial>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin collēctīvusder. Middle French collectifder. English collective Middle English -ly English -ly English collectively [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "collēctīvus", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle French", "term" : "collectif", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "frm" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "collective", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "id" : "adverbial", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adverbial", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ly", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ly", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "collectively", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="collectively"> From collective + -ly. Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} collectively (not comparable)
  1. 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. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: jointly, mutually Derived forms: collectively exhaustive Translations (in a collective manner): ἀθρόως (athróōs) (Ancient Greek), միահամուռ (miahamuṙ) (Armenian), col·lectivament (Catalan), 总地来说 (zǒng de lái shuō) (Chinese Mandarin), ope (Esperanto), colectivamente (Galician), კოლექტიურად (ḳolekṭiurad) (Georgian), ერთობლივად (ertoblivad) (Georgian), בְּיַחַד (b'yáḥad) (Hebrew), collettivamente (Italian), zbiorowo (Polish), коллекти́вно (kollektívno) (Russian), вме́сте (vméste) (Russian), совме́стно (sovméstno) (Russian), colectivamente (Spanish), kollektivt (Swedish)
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