adv · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˌɪndɪˈpɛndəntli/
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CMU ARPABET:IH2 N D IH0 P EH1 N D AH0 N T L IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adv
Meaning 1
In an independent manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adverb
Meaning 2
on your own; without outside help
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the children worked on the project independently
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adverb
Meaning 3
apart from others
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the clothes were hung severally
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: severally
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English independent Middle English -ly English -ly English independently From independent + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Belarusian:
самасто́йна
(samastójna)
— in an independent manner
Belarusian:
незале́жна
(njezaljéžna)
— in an independent manner
Bulgarian:
незави́симо
(nezavísimo)
— in an independent manner
Catalan:
independentment
— in an independent manner
Chinese Mandarin:
獨立地 /独立地
(dúlì de)
— in an independent manner
Chinese Mandarin:
自立地
(zìlì de)
— in an independent manner
Czech:
nezávisle
— in an independent manner
Dutch:
onafhankelijk
— in an independent manner
Esperanto:
sendepende
— in an independent manner
Finnish:
itsenäisesti
— in an independent manner
French:
indépendamment
— in an independent manner
Galician:
independentemente
— in an independent manner
German:
unabhängig
— in an independent manner
German:
selbstständig
— in an independent manner
Hungarian:
(egymástól) függetlenül
— in an independent manner
Hungarian:
önállóan
— in an independent manner
Italian:
indipendentemente
— in an independent manner
Japanese:
独立して
(dokuritsu shite)
— in an independent manner
Japanese:
自立して
(jiritsu shite)
— in an independent manner
Japanese:
単独で
(tandoku de)
— in an independent manner
Korean:
독립하여
(dongniphayeo)
— in an independent manner
Korean:
자주적으로
(jajujeogeuro)
— in an independent manner
Latvian:
neatkarīgi
— in an independent manner
Macedonian:
независно
(nezavisno)
— in an independent manner
Norwegian Bokmål:
uavhengig
— in an independent manner
Polish:
niepodlegle
— in an independent manner
Polish:
niezależnie
— in an independent manner
Polish:
niezawiśle
— in an independent manner
Portuguese:
independentemente
— in an independent manner
Russian:
незави́симо
(nezavísimo)
— in an independent manner
Russian:
самостоя́тельно
(samostojátelʹno)
— in an independent manner
Serbo-Croatian:
nȅovisno
— in an independent manner
Serbo-Croatian:
nezávisno
— in an independent manner
Serbo-Croatian:
sȁmostālno
— in an independent manner
Slovak:
nezávisle
— in an independent manner
Spanish:
independientemente
— in an independent manner
Swedish:
självständigt
— in an independent manner
Ukrainian:
самості́йно
(samostíjno)
— in an independent manner
Ukrainian:
незале́жно
(nezaléžno)
— in an independent manner
