SEPARATELY Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

separately

adverb

as in individually

not together with someone or something else The software is sold separately from the hardware. Store the raw meat separately so it doesn't contaminate the other food. The professor met with each student separately.

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Recent Examples of separately The gambit involves a plan to fund ICE separately and pass parts of the SAVE America Act, an elections overhaul bill, without any Democratic support through a budget process called reconciliation. —

Barbara Sprunt, NPR, 25 Mar. 2026 Jurors found there were thousands of violations, each counting separately toward a penalty of $375 million. —

Morgan Lee, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026 Ipeirotis grades the exams separately, also with the help of AI. —

Jocelyn Gecker, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2026 Security video shows Mason and Ooley — both Indian River County government employees — arriving separately before Mason got into Ooley’s car. —

Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 25 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for separately

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This is how my colleagues and I were able to confirm that wild dolphins, like captive animals, produced large numbers of individually distinctive signature whistles when briefly isolated from other dolphins.

— Laela Sayigh, The Conversation, 23 Mar. 2026
Packaging Old Spice deodorant is sold individually and in packs.

— BestReviews, Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2026