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

Instinct says users can separately delete data indexed from outside sources. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026

Voter intimidation is also, separately, prohibited and should be reported. — Time Staff, Time, 3 Oct. 2026

Rights and media freedom groups have separately warned of police violence, arbitrary detentions, unauthorized surveillance and threats against journalists. — ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

Earlier in September, two elderly women who had separately gone missing while out picking mushrooms were found dead, with injuries consistent with a bear attack. — Arina Porkhovnik, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1552, in the meaning defined above