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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

separately en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsɛp.(ə.)ɹət.li/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈsɛp.ɚ.li/ (General-American)
  • /ˈsep.(ə.)ɹət.li/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
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  • /ˈsɛp.ɹət.li/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree English separate Middle English -ly English -ly English separately From separate + -ly.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) In a separate manner; not together; apart.
    • 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 152:
    • We've been living separately for three years.

Synonyms

sunderling

Translations (49)

crh ayrı (in a separate manner) · fi erillään (in a separate manner) · ru разде́льно (in a separate manner) · ja 別々に (in a separate manner) · grc ἀμφίς (in a separate manner) · el χωριστά (in a separate manner) · ca separadament (in a separate manner) · ru врознь (in a separate manner) · gd air leth (in a separate manner) · be асобна (in a separate manner) · cmn 分開 /分开 (in a separate manner) · bg отделно (in a separate manner) · it separatamente (in a separate manner) · pl oddzielnie (in a separate manner) · cy ar wahân (in a separate manner) · tr ayrı ayrı (in a separate manner) · cmn 單獨 /单独 (in a separate manner) · ur الگ (in a separate manner) · hi अलग अलग (in a separate manner) · ru врозь (in a separate manner) · gl separadamente (in a separate manner) · it distintamente (in a separate manner) · ru отде́льно (in a separate manner) · it separatemente (in a separate manner) · ota باشقه باشقه (in a separate manner) · de getrennt (in a separate manner) · pt separadamente (in a separate manner) · hu külön (in a separate manner) · sh posebno (in a separate manner) · ka ცალ-ცალკე (in a separate manner) · uk окремо (in a separate manner) · ka განცალკევებით (in a separate manner) · la sēiunctim (in a separate manner) · sh посебно (in a separate manner) · ur الگ الگ (in a separate manner) · nay kingung (in a separate manner) · es separadamente (in a separate manner) · cmn 分別 /分别 (in a separate manner) · it singolarmente (in a separate manner) · la sēparātim (in a separate manner) · no særskilt (in a separate manner) · hy առանձին (in a separate manner) · pl osobno (in a separate manner) · la seorsum (in a separate manner) · it disunitamente (in a separate manner) · fr séparément (in a separate manner) · ga ar leith (in a separate manner) · txb waiptār (in a separate manner) · hi अलग (in a separate manner)