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 In addition to cutting down drying time and saving energy, drying towels separately from other laundry items helps protect lighter or more delicate fabrics, Karlidag says. — Maria Sabella, The Spruce, 16 Oct. 2026 Finance staff separately raised questions about the documentation needed to process payments. — Charlotte Observer, 16 Oct. 2026 Anthropic separately identified sixteen million exchanges across roughly twenty-four thousand fake accounts. — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026 Looking at the performance of the employee or the AI separately may miss what is changing between them. — Murugan Anandarajan, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for separately

Recent Examples of Synonyms for separately

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Working again with the vast Northeastern producer group $$$–almost all of whom are individually credited on, like, every track–Bank$ and his preacher friend talk to God over spare keys and groaning nautical machinery.

— Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 19 Oct. 2026
Accommodations are individually decorated in tones of soothing beige, and all have marble bathrooms.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of individually

Adverb

The president said at the time that her office had been unaware that state officials in Chihuahua and the US government were collaborating independently.

— Mauricio Torres, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026
County commissioners have a responsibility to independently examine the recommendations before committing funds.

— Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026