What does "sunderly" mean?

separate; distinct; individual; private

What is a synonym for "sunderly"?

Common synonyms include: absolutely, apart, individually, properly.

adj, adv

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Adjective

1
separate; distinct; individual; private archaic, rare
"Then it was in forthgoing time, that he built him a sunderly dwelling, that he might in it freely serve God."

Adverb

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; […]"

"Then it was in forthgoing time, that he built him a sunderly dwelling, that he might in it freely serve God."

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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