separately
adverb
sep·a·rate·ly
ˈse-p(ə-)rət-lē 
ˈse-pərt-lē
: in a separate manner or by separate means : not together with someone or something else
She and her husband drove separately to the restaurant.
The software is sold separately from the hardware.
The professor met with each student separately.
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Miami Herald, 13 Nov. 2025
Use a clean cutting board and knife to prep your avocado separately from raw meat or other types of produce.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 13 Nov. 2025
Those items are then recycled or disposed of separately.
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2025
The uncomfortable scene begins with the group arriving separately at Coyote Pass, however no one gets out of their cars to face each other.
—Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025
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Miami Herald, 13 Nov. 2025
Use a clean cutting board and knife to prep your avocado separately from raw meat or other types of produce.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 13 Nov. 2025
Those items are then recycled or disposed of separately.
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2025
The uncomfortable scene begins with the group arriving separately at Coyote Pass, however no one gets out of their cars to face each other.
—Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for separately
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“Separately.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/separately. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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