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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For example, dry towels and bedding separately from garments, which are generally thinner and smaller.
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Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Dec. 2025
Build in exits by driving separately or staying nearby, and have a sensory anchor to ground you, say, a small note in your pocket with a comforting message or a calming scent on a handkerchief.
—Rebecca Soffer, Time, 4 Dec. 2025
Find that preview and pick separately HERE.
—Greg Cote
december 4, Miami Herald, 4 Dec. 2025
What To Know The briefing in a secure facility at the Capitol is with congressional leaders, including the Republican chairs and ranking Democrats of the House and Senate Armed Services committees, and separately to the GOP chairman and Democratic vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
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Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Dec. 2025
Build in exits by driving separately or staying nearby, and have a sensory anchor to ground you, say, a small note in your pocket with a comforting message or a calming scent on a handkerchief.
—Rebecca Soffer, Time, 4 Dec. 2025
Find that preview and pick separately HERE.
—Greg Cote
december 4, Miami Herald, 4 Dec. 2025
What To Know The briefing in a secure facility at the Capitol is with congressional leaders, including the Republican chairs and ranking Democrats of the House and Senate Armed Services committees, and separately to the GOP chairman and Democratic vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 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 5 Dec. 2025.
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