separately

In a separate manner; not together; apart.

Adverb

  1. In a separate manner; not together; apart.
    • We've been living separately for three years.
    • Tackle the different parts of the climb separately before attempting the whole thing in one go.
    • Syntactically, hendiadic constructions differ from synthetonic sequences in that the latter are separate clauses, and hence are separately negatable and may have different tenses and aspects and different subjects. -...

Origin

Etymology tree English separate Middle English -ly English -ly English separately From separate + -ly.

Synonyms

sunderling