SEPARATELY Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

separately

adverb

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 And they were buried together in a single pit, which was unusual for the time as Christian custom dictated that people, even if they have been executed, were normally buried separately, Aldred said. —

Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026 Jackson, meanwhile, had separately floated his interest in working on a libretto, and Costanzo made the match. —

Laura Regensdorf, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2026 The Justice Department is separately investigating Fed Governor Lisa Cook over alleged mortgage fraud. —

Garrett Downs, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2026 Comparing cruise pricing to booking hotels, meals, and transportation separately often reveals just how much is bundled into that upfront cost and makes budgeting in advance more manageable. —

Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 4 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for separately

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Adverb

The ad shows the new Cadillac Formula 1 vehicle being formed out of parts, all of which can be seen individually over a desert landscape.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 9 Feb. 2026
These individually wrapped peanut butter and oat bites are a suitable lunch box treat, or fuel for people who take long bike rides and other torturous endurance sports.

— Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 7 Feb. 2026