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.

Examples of separately in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Decide agent identity architecture separately from model choice. — Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026

Saturday night, coming up from behind as each arrived separately at an NYC club. — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 26 July 2026

Flatbike offers the Pop-Off Pedals for US$99 (and up) and the THINstem for $99 separately, or together as a package starting at $175. — Shirl Leigh july 26, New Atlas, 26 July 2026

But by May 31, 41% of those people had returned to homelessness, according to LAHSA figures collected separately from this year’s homeless count. — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1552, in the meaning defined above