respectively

Used to show that things in two lists match in the order they are named.

• Anna and Ben are ten and twelve, respectively.
• The red and blue bags cost twenty and thirty euros, respectively.
• The sisters became a doctor and a teacher, respectively.

Common phrases: aged respectively, respectively ten years

In a way that considers how things relate to or compare with each other.

• Their merits must be judged respectively.
• Considered respectively, the smaller sum was the more generous gift.
• The two achievements were valued respectively, with allowance for their different circumstances.

Similar words: relatively, comparatively

Opposites: absolutely

Common phrases: considered respectively, judged respectively, valued respectively