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 While the groups operate separately, volunteers and organizers will often collaborate by inviting other neighborhoods to a variety of events put on each year. —

Alexandra Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026 The officer interviewed the brother separately, who also said he was not abused. —

Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026 The bill separately bans ICE agents from stationing themselves near childcare centers while performing immigration enforcement. —

Andrew Graham april 15, Sacbee.com, 15 Apr. 2026 The doctor, Christian Emmanuel Sanon, is also charged in the Miami case but due to health reasons he will be tried separately. —

Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for separately

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First, according to the authors of this study, researchers have to understand them individually.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 20 Apr. 2026
Each of the nine ships in the Windjammer fleet is individually owned and has a distinct personality, with beauty, grace, and speed as the unifying elements.

— Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2026