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independently

adverbattested in dialogue

  • //ˌɪndɪˈpɛndəntli//

In an independent manner.

adverb

  1. 1

    In an independent manner.

    Both teams worked out the answers independently.

    The business partners had radically different ideas for the company, and each decided to work on a project independently of the other.

    By the end of this period pupils are expected to be reading simple books independently and with enthusiasm.

    The most likely conclusion, the researchers say, is that the Levallois method was not taken to Eurasia by African migrants, but evolved there gradually and independently.

Etymology

Etymology tree English independent Middle English -ly English -ly English independently From independent + -ly.

Forms

comparative
more independently
superlative
most independently
The neighbouring pagesAlphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.

Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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