# separately

Pronunciation: say "SEP-ruht-lee" /ˈsɛpɹətli/

## Adverb

1. In a separate way; apart from one another rather than together.
   - Simple: Apart from each other, not together.
   - _The two suspects were questioned separately to see whether their stories matched._
   - _Batteries are sold separately._

## Origin

Formed from separate + the adverb-forming suffix -ly.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/separately (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).