SEPARATELY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does separately mean? 

• SEPARATELY (adverb)
  The adverb SEPARATELY has 1 sense:

1. apart from others

  Familiarity information: SEPARATELY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEPARATELY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Apart from others

Synonyms:

individually; on an individual basis; one by one; separately; severally; singly

Context example:

the fine points are treated singly

Pertainym:

separate (independent; not united or joint)

 Context examples 

The researchers looked separately at zebrafish carrying one of two different bacterial species frequently found in their gut: one that's fast-swimming and one that's almost completely aggregated in dense colonies.

(Impacts of low-dose exposure to antibiotics unveiled in zebrafish gut, National Science Foundation)

Separately, warmer temperatures and higher population density each spurred earlier springs.

(Urbanization delays spring plant growth in warm regions, National Science Foundation)

They called at various times of the morning, sometimes separately, sometimes together, and now and then accompanied by their aunt.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Separately, in the third category, bright material can be found in the material ejected when craters were formed.

(Bright Areas on Ceres Suggest Geologic Activity, NASA)

The two carcinomatous components may be admixed within the tumor, or the two may appear separately in different areas.

(Colon Adenosquamous Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Drug therapy with two or more drugs given separately or together for a combined effect.

(Combination Drug Therapy, NCI Thesaurus)

We want your to rate each location of pain separately.

(NPS - How Intense is Your Deep Pain, NCI Thesaurus)

Breast cancer in which there is more than one tumor, all of which have formed separately from one another.

(Multicentric breast cancer, NCI Dictionary)

A package in which two or more drug products that are normally available separately are now available together.

(Combination Package, NCI Thesaurus)

However, when looking at fat mass and muscle mass separately, children who engaged in sport every day had significantly more muscle development, while their fat mass did not significantly differ.

(Children who walk to school less likely to be overweight or obese, study suggests, University of Cambridge)