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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Two Lansing residents have been charged with murder, tampering with evidence and related charges after two bodies were separately found in Mid-Michigan during early 2025.
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Paula Wethington, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
Additionally, wash your sheets separately from the rest of your laundry.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2026
Savannah Guthrie, her sister Annie and their brother Camron have posted videos separately and together begging for their mother’s release and safe return.
—Theresa Braine, Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2026
Single taxpayers with incomes below $100,000, married filing jointly couples earning less than $150,000, and married filing separately couples below $75,000 are exempt from Social Security tax.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 15 Feb. 2026
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Paula Wethington, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
Additionally, wash your sheets separately from the rest of your laundry.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2026
Savannah Guthrie, her sister Annie and their brother Camron have posted videos separately and together begging for their mother’s release and safe return.
—Theresa Braine, Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2026
Single taxpayers with incomes below $100,000, married filing jointly couples earning less than $150,000, and married filing separately couples below $75,000 are exempt from Social Security tax.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 15 Feb. 2026
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 Feb. 2026.
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