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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
independently
/ˌɪndɪˈpɛndəntli/
adverb
in a manner being free from the control of another
- “Privacy ensures the freedom to think independently.”Tatoeba
- “Sometimes, it feels like my hands are operating independently, causing me great confusion.”Tatoeba
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Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)