SEPARATELY Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

separately

adverb

Definition of separately

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 Winston Lee, another defendant in Jane Doe’s lawsuit, separately asked a Tompkins County court to bar James from participating in any grand jury proceedings. — Shayna Jacobs, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2026 The analysis did not separately calculate the administrator’s share of those expenses. — Natalie Jones, Baltimore Sun, 28 Oct. 2026 The League of Women Voters of Alaska and Common Cause filed separately, warning that the DOJ’s demand to investigate voter intent presents severe constitutional hazards. — Hugh Son, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026 The asking price is 40 million euros or $45 million, with furnishings available separately. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for separately

Recent Examples of Synonyms for separately

Adverb

Right guard Robert Hunt, who’s individually struggled this year but as a leader of the team has answered to questions of his and his unit’s play all season, had very few words.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 30 Oct. 2026
Attackers were always stitching together remote vulnerabilities with privilege-escalation bugs that individually looked harmless.

— Rohit Dhamankar, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of individually

Adverb

That creates a practical limit on how much work organizations can delegate, even when individual agents are capable of completing tasks independently.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 1 Nov. 2026
This article was sponsored by AliExpress, however, all products were independently selected by our editors.

— Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 1 Nov. 2026