Used in a Sentence

independently

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for independently.

Editorial note

The body is a very complex organic machine with lots of parts that evolved independently of each other.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

In an independent manner.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of independently gathered in one view.

adverb

In an independent manner.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for independently.

adverb

In an independent manner.

Example sentences

1

The body is a very complex organic machine with lots of parts that evolved independently of each other.

2

Living independently is pretty obtainable in a good enough, growing, city with low COL, and finding inexpensive hobbies are easy...

3

But now it's too far the other way, dropping good candidates who aren't able to perform independently on day one.

4

Candidate should be an excellent team player but should also be able to work independently.

5

He released 2 more albums independently and licensed a song for a microsoft zune commercial.

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This is not a specification from which two independently implemented interoperable implementations could be written.

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The red laser team might have come up with the idea independently or just learned about it from the Google Android contest.

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Bundling it into the page provides no easy way of independently verifying impressions.

9

If anything, connotation can change denotation, while connotation changes independently from denotation.

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You work well both independently and as part of a team.

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But for now, the non-independently-wealthy (those poor suckers who need a 'job' to live) end up paying $5,000 per month for a one bedroom apartment.

12

A left and right column that scroll independently of each other.

Quote examples

1

And voila: Google+ was born." But for what actually happened to have happened, Page had to have bought into the idea independently (assuming he is independent).

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But clearly, throw any sort of system that wants to make money into the mix, coupled with the fact that users just refuse to pay for software anymore, and every giganto corp from Mozilla to Canonical are going to independently come to the same conclusion of collecting this sort of data." Making money from either advertising or additional services are definitely incentives.

3

Do they exist independently of the things and processes in them?" As the argument starts with a manifold of events, an answer of 'no' to the third question seems reasonable to me (though I realize, from experience, that that's probably because I haven't fully grasped the argument.) As far as I can tell, the article doesn't indicate any particular problem with the 'no' answer.

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In the C++ Working Paper, the Standardese is N4527 5.2.2 [expr.call]/4 "When a function is called, each parameter (8.3.5) shall be initialized (8.5, 12.8, 12.1) with its corresponding argument." followed by 8.5 [dcl.init] where /17.8 has a nice example: "Note: An expression of type "cv1 T" can initialize an object of type "cv2 T" independently of the cv-qualifiers cv1 and cv2.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use independently in a sentence?

The body is a very complex organic machine with lots of parts that evolved independently of each other.

What does independently mean?

In an independent manner.

What part of speech is independently?

independently is commonly used as adverb.