distributively

1. 1.

   as individuals or as separate units (not collectively)

   “taken distributively, their rights are imperceptible”
2. 2.

   in a distributive manner

   “marine vertebrates have their weight supported distributively by the water”

Questions about distributively

What does distributively mean?

distributively means "as individuals or as separate units (not collectively)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in distributively?

distributively has 6 syllables: di-stri-bu-ti-ve-ly. The stress falls on "ti".

Is distributively a common word?

distributively is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.