Independently
[,ɪndɪ'pend(ə)ntlɪ] or [,ɪndɪ'pɛndəntli]
Definition
(adv.) on your own; without outside help; 'the children worked on the project independently'.
(adv.) apart from others; 'the clothes were hung severally'.
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Definition
(adv.) In an independent manner; without control.
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Examples
- But why this should be a law of nature if each species has been independently created no man can explain. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Independently of the question of fertility, the offspring of species and of varieties when crossed may be compared in several other respects. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- They were in all probability made by human communities quite out of touch with the Aryans, separately and independently. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But I suppose I've lived too independently; at any rate, I want to do what you all do--I want to feel cared for and safe. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- He did not know that we had already worked out the safety-fuse, and that every group of lights was thus protected independently. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Some twenty years later it was independently invented and patented by another inventor. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- American metallurgy may have arisen independently of the old-world use of metal, or it may have been brought by these elephant carvers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Clutches (called striking boxes) on the axle of the front gear wheel allowed either running wheel to move independently of the other in turning. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- This agrees with the popular notion, formed independently of science, which calls the reds the warm colors. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- In the same year the youthful Davy was following independently this line of investigation by rubbing two pieces of ice together, by clock-work, in a vacuum. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Quite independently of imitation, men on being insulted get angry and attack the insulter. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- General Sheridan will then move independently, under other instructions which will be given him. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Not only this, but each car becomes an independently moving unit, not subject to delay by reason of a general breakdown of the power plant or of the line. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The technique is acquired independently of the purposes of discovery and testing which alone give it meaning. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Authors of the highest eminence seem to be fully satisfied with the view that each species has been independently created. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The boss, and the bosslet, the heeler--the men who are it--all are there exercising the real power, the power that independently of charters and elections decides what shall happen. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- This similarity would be a strange fact, if species had been independently created and varieties had been produced through secondary laws. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- On the view that each species has been independently created, with all its parts as we now see them, I can see no explanation. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- It is not applicable to any instrument using two independently moving type-wheels; but on nearly if not all other instruments will be found in use. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Will you associate me in your investigation, or will you prefer that I should act independently? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He left you in a rage, and began to make his own plans independently of you. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The main texture of disposition is formed, independently of schooling, by such influences. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- These are strange relations on the view that each species was independently created, but are intelligible if each existed first as a variety. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Its chief purpose is to determine the position of the compass error of a ship at sea independently of the visibility of the sea horizon. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- We see in these facts some deep organic bond, throughout space and time, over the same areas of land and water, independently of physical conditions. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- These agents work independently, and their relations with the Embassies are often strained. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- In this year the liquefaction of oxygen, by Pictet, of Geneva, and Cailletet, of Chatillon-sur-Seine, was independently accomplished. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- We have seen that the members of the same class, independently of their habits of life, resemble each other in the general plan of their organisation. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
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