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 Fortune has separately reported on how the rollout has instead surfaced cases of residency fraud running in the other direction, with some New York City residents claiming out-of-state addresses to dodge city and state taxes altogether. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026 Hourly reports The researchers calculated each hour of the day separately, comparing 8 am temperatures only to other 8 am temperatures. — Scott K. Johnson, ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2026 Locarno Pro Prizes In other Locarno Pro 2026 awards (announced separately on Sunday), the First Look work-in-progress showcase devoted to Uruguayan films this year meted out a number of collateral prizes. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 10 Aug. 2026 The new analysis estimated the school’s typical traffic and also examined a more conservative scenario in which students were dropped off individually and school employees drove separately. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 10 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for separately

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Even before the jury filed in, defense attorney Miles Brissette told Judge Jumes that Brissette would want a poll, a procedure in which the judge individually asks each juror whether the verdict is the juror’s.

— Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Aug. 2026
At 4,479 TWh, hydro still generated substantially more electricity than either wind or solar individually.

— Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026