If people or things are dealt with separately or do something separately, they are dealt with or do something at different times or places, rather than together.
Cook each vegetable separately until just tender.
Chris had insisted that we went separately to the club.
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Synonyms: alone, independently, apart, personally More Synonyms of separately
More Synonyms of separately
Examples of 'separately' in a sentence
separately
They spoke little, as if words could only spoil what each had separately felt.
Appiganesi, Lisa DREAMS OF INNOCENCE
We'll arrange for each separately to have a session with Freddie.
Forbes, Colin COVER STORY
Nor did the mature modern woman eject her husband and his clothes separately.
Stewart, Michael COMPULSION
In other languages
separately
British English: separately /ˈsɛpərətlɪ/ ADVERB
If people or things are dealt with separately or do something separately, they are dealt with or do something at different times or places, rather than together.
Each case is dealt with separately.
American English: separately
Arabic: بِصُورَةٍ مُنْفَصِلَة
Brazilian Portuguese: separadamente
Chinese: 分开
Croatian: odvojeno
Czech: zvlášť odděleně
Danish: separat
Dutch: apart afzonderlijk
European Spanish: separadamente
Finnish: erikseen
French: séparément
German: getrennt
Greek: χωριστά
Italian: separatamente
Japanese: 別々に
Korean: 분리하여
Norwegian: separat
Polish: oddzielnie
European Portuguese: separadamente
Romanian: individual
Russian: отдельно
Latin American Spanish: separadamente
Swedish: var för sig
Thai: อย่างแยกออกจากกัน
Turkish: ayrı olarak
Ukrainian: окремо
Vietnamese: riêng rẽ
Chinese translation of 'separately'
separately
(ˈsɛprɪtlɪ)
adv
分开(開)地 (fēnkāi de)
1 (adverb)
Chris had insisted that we went separately to the club.
Synonyms
alone
He was working alone, and did not have an accomplice.
independently
helping disabled students to live and study independently
apart
He saw her standing some distance apart.
personally
The minister will answer the allegations personally.
on your own
I work best on my own.
by yourself
a dark-haired man sitting by himself in a corner
not together
severally
Opposites
together
,
jointly
,
as one
,
collectively
,
as a group
,
in concert
,
in unison
,
in a body
2 (adverb)
Cook the stuffing separately.
Synonyms
individually
cheeses which come in individually wrapped segments
singly
Patients went singly into the consultation room.
one by one
one at a time
Additional synonyms
in the sense of apart
Definition
separate in time, place, or position
He saw her standing some distance apart.
Synonyms
aside,
away,
alone,
independently,
separately,
singly,
excluded,
isolated,
cut off,
to one side,
to yourself,
by itself,
aloof,
to itself,
by yourself,
out on a limb
in the sense of by yourself
a dark-haired man sitting by himself in a corner
Synonyms
alone,
separately,
singly,
on your own,
on your tod,
on your lonesome (informal),
in a solitary state
in the sense of independently
helping disabled students to live and study independently
Synonyms
separately,
alone,
solo,
on your own,
by yourself,
unaided,
individually,
autonomously,
under your own steam
Synonyms of 'separately'
separately
Explore 'separately' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of on your own
Definition
without help
I work best on my own.
Synonyms
independently,
alone,
singly,
single-handedly,
by yourself,
unaided,
without help,
unassisted,
left to your own devices,
under your own steam,
off your own bat,
by your own efforts,
(standing) on your own two feet
in the sense of personally
Definition
without the help of others
The minister will answer the allegations personally.