separately

/ˈsɛp(ə)rətli/

adverbsep · a · rate · ly

Think: “We SEP-A-RATE, then add -LY” — separately means doing it in a separate way.

Yes, it's separately. Don’t drop the second “a”: it comes from the base word “separate” + “-ly.”

Definitions

  1. adverbin a way that keeps things apart; not together
  2. adverbas a separate item or part; individually

Examples

  • Please pack the glass cups separately so they don’t break.
  • The teacher graded the projects separately because each student worked alone.
  • We discussed the budget and the timeline separately to avoid confusion.

Synonyms

individuallyapartindependentlydistinctlyone by one

Antonyms

togetherjointly

Translations

ES por separadoPT separadamenteFR séparément

Common misspellings

seperatelyseperatlyseperetlyseparatlyseperatleyseperatelly

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