INDEPENDENTLY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

On your own; without outside help

Example:

the children worked on the project independently

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

independent (free from external control and constraint)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Apart from others

Example:

the clothes were hung severally

Synonyms:

independently; severally

Classified under:

Adverbs

Credits

Context examples:

Her acceptance must be as certain as his offer; and yet there were bad feelings still remaining which made the prospect of it most sorrowful to her, independently, she believed, independently of self.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Will you associate me in your investigation, or will you prefer that I should act independently?

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The AIDS virus can genetically evolve and independently replicate in patients’ brains early in the illness process.

(HIV can spread early, evolve in patients’ brains, NIH)

An electrocardiographic finding of a type of atrioventricular dissociation characterized by the atria (P waves) and ventricles (QRS complexes) beating at similar rates, although independently.

(Isorhythmic Atrioventricular Dissociation, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Both MYC boxes I and II contain sufficient information to independently direct the degradation of otherwise stably expressed proteins to which they are fused.

(MYC Box, NCI Thesaurus)

KH motifs are found in one or multiple copies, interspersed with RGG repeats, that may function cooperatively or, in single motif proteins, independently.

(KH Domain, NCI Thesaurus)

Information from provider and not independently verified by NIH: Cells are positive for cell markers SSEA-3, SSEA-4, TRA 1-60, TRA 1-81, Oct-4, and alkaline phosphatase; Cells are negative for the cell marker SSEA1.

(BG01, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinical specialists provide comprehensive gerontological nursing services independently or collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams.

(Gerontological Nurse Specialist, NCI Thesaurus)

Information from provider and not independently verified by NIH: Undergoing characterization.

(ES05, NCI Thesaurus)

When they joined the study, none of the participants were frail: they could walk a quarter mile, climb 10 steps, and independently complete daily activities.