All 4 Uses of
respective
in
The Idiot
- His estate was sold for the creditors; and the little girls—two of them, of seven and eight years of age respectively,—were adopted by Totski, who undertook their maintenance and education in the kindness of his heart.†
Chpt 1.4respectively = separately in the specified order
- If it were possible, if we only had a little money, we should leave our respective families, and live together in a little apartment of our own.†
Chpt 1.12respective = relating separately to the people or things just mentioned
- We have talked over our respective relations several times, and discovered that we are connected by marriage.†
Chpt 2.6 *
- Rogojin and the prince each approached the house on his respective side of the road; Rogojin, who was on the near side, beckoned the prince across.†
Chpt 4.11