Meanings
- not comparableIn a separate manner; not together; apart.
We've been living separately for three years.
2 more examples
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.
2002, Joan L. Bybee, Michael Noonan, Complex Sentences in Grammar and Discourse, page 152Synonyms: sunderling
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbIn a separate manner; not together; apart.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbapart from others
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek ἀμφίς
- ἀμφίς (amphís)in a separate manner
Bulgarian отделно
- отделно (otdelno)in a separate manner
Catalan separadament
- separadamentin a separate manner
Chinese Mandarin 分別 /分别, 單獨 /单独
- 分別 /分别 (fēnbié)in a separate manner
- 單獨 /单独 (dāndú)in a separate manner
- 分開 /分开 (fēnkāi)in a separate manner
Esperanto aparte
- apartein a separate manner
Finnish erillään
- erilläänin a separate manner
French séparément
- séparémentin a separate manner
German getrennt
- getrenntin a separate manner
Greek χωριστά
- χωριστά (choristá)in a separate manner
Hindi अलग, अलग अलग
- अलग (alag)in a separate manner
- अलग अलग (alag alag)in a separate manner
Hungarian külön
- különin a separate manner
Irish ar leith
- ar leithin a separate manner
Italian distintamente, separatemente
- distintamentein a separate manner
- separatementein a separate manner
- separatamentein a separate manner
- singolarmentein a separate manner
- disunitamentein a separate manner
Japanese 別々に
- 別々に (betsubetsu ni)in a separate manner
Latin seorsum, sēparātim
- seorsumin a separate manner
- sēparātimin a separate manner
- sēiunctimin a separate manner
Norwegian særskilt
- særskiltin a separate manner
Polish oddzielnie, osobno
- oddzielniein a separate manner
- osobnoin a separate manner
Portuguese separadamente
- separadamentein a separate manner
Russian отде́льно, врознь
- отде́льно (otdélʹno)in a separate manner
- врознь (vroznʹ)in a separate manner
- врозь (vrozʹ)in a separate manner
- разде́льно (razdélʹno)in a separate manner
Scottish Gaelic air leth
- air lethin a separate manner
Spanish separadamente
- separadamentein a separate manner
Turkish ayrı ayrı
- ayrı ayrıin a separate manner
Ukrainian окремо
- окремо (okremo)in a separate manner
Urdu الگ, الگ الگ
- الگ (alag)in a separate manner
- الگ الگ (alag alag)in a separate manner
Welsh ar wahân
- ar wahânin a separate manner
Cite this entry
separately. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/separately
“separately.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/separately. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “separately,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/separately.
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