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

Al-Hilal is keen to offload the player, who is training separately from their main squad and not in coach Simoene Inzaghi's plans. — Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026

The detention hearing for co-defendant Dmitry Bogatiryov, 52, took place separately. — Barbara Vitello, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026

Patients and families were left asking why ambulatory LGMD patients could not continue toward review while the risks in nonambulatory patients were studied separately. — Kat Bryant Knudson, STAT, 31 July 2026

Fortune, Axios and CNBC all separately reported that during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the prediction market Kalshi achieved massive growth, recording $27 billion in total trading volume and adding 3 million new users. — Derek Horstmeyer, Fortune, 31 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1552, in the meaning defined above