separately
adverb
sep·a·rate·ly
ˈse-p(ə-)rət-lē 
ˈse-pərt-lē
: in a separate manner or by separate means : not together with someone or something else
She and her husband drove separately to the restaurant.
The software is sold separately from the hardware.
The professor met with each student separately.
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The Nazis housed Kurt and Frank separately and eventually sent his father elsewhere.
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Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 9 Oct. 2025
With the help of a nurse and an off-duty cop who happened upon the scene separately — and later married — the arm was retrieved, and doctors reattached it at the hospital.
—Todd Longwell, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
This patent-pending process has configured a cutting machine to produce all the fiber lengths at the same time, rather than cutting them separately and blending them afterward.
—Sj Studio, Sourcing Journal, 9 Oct. 2025
The combined vaccine has been extensively studied and consistently shown to provoke an immune response comparable to what’s seen when the individual vaccines are given separately, and without raising the risk of serious side effects.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
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Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 9 Oct. 2025
With the help of a nurse and an off-duty cop who happened upon the scene separately — and later married — the arm was retrieved, and doctors reattached it at the hospital.
—Todd Longwell, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
This patent-pending process has configured a cutting machine to produce all the fiber lengths at the same time, rather than cutting them separately and blending them afterward.
—Sj Studio, Sourcing Journal, 9 Oct. 2025
The combined vaccine has been extensively studied and consistently shown to provoke an immune response comparable to what’s seen when the individual vaccines are given separately, and without raising the risk of serious side effects.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for separately
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“Separately.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/separately. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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