as in separately
for each person or thing
The two problems should be addressed discretely, as one is unrelated to the other.
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separately
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In a case that's drawing significant social media attention, a Georgia college student and her father are being held in the same immigration detention center and facing deportation after they were separately stopped by police for driving without valid licenses.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
15 May 2025 -
This avoids the inefficiency of multiple groups negotiating separately for the same items.—
Eric Steele,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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“Discretely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discretely. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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