INDEPENDENTLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does independently mean? 

• INDEPENDENTLY (adverb)
  The adverb INDEPENDENTLY has 2 senses:

1. on your own; without outside help

2. apart from others

  Familiarity information: INDEPENDENTLY used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INDEPENDENTLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

On your own; without outside help

Context example:

the children worked on the project independently

Pertainym:

independent (free from external control and constraint)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Apart from others

Synonyms:

independently; severally

Context example:

the clothes were hung severally

 Context examples 

All the changes occurred independently of seasonal changes.

(Cool temperature alters human fat and metabolism, NIH)

Transcript variant 2 (8.0 kb) binds surfactant protein D independently of carbohydrate recognition.

(Deleted in Malignant Brain Tumors 1, NCI Thesaurus)

Organs, such as leaves, roots and stems, receive different signals from their local micro-environment, such as light and temperature, and use this information to independently set their own pace.

(Plants can tell time even without a brain, University of Cambridge)

The European Space Agency's XMM-Newton satellite found the pulsar and, independently, NASA's NuSTAR (Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array) mission also detected the signal.

(NuSTAR Helps Find Universe's Brightest Pulsars, NASA)

An independently existing thing (living or nonliving).

(Entity, NCI Thesaurus)

This conclusion was independently confirmed by the DSN’s Radio Science team, which also was monitoring for a signal from Messenger.

(NASA Completes MESSENGER Mission with Expected Impact on Mercury's Surface, NASA)

A concept that can be represented in the form of a data element, described independently of any particular representation.

(Data Element Concept, NCI Thesaurus)

In their multivariate regression analysis, the researchers found aspirin therapy was independently associated with reduced liver cancer risk.

(An Aspirin A Day Keep Liver Cancer Away, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Exhibiting characteristics of independently proliferating cells, notably altered morphology, growth characteristics, and/or biochemical and molecular properties.

(Neoplastic, NCI Thesaurus)

NPs can function independently of physician intervention, but require a practice agreement with a physician.

(Nurse practitioner, NCI Thesaurus)