autonomously

American  

[aw-ton-uh-muhs-lee] / ɔˈtɒn ə məs li /

adverb

1. in a way that is self-governing or free of outside control; independently.

   The ideal candidate will be able to work autonomously and without supervision.

2. with little or no human control or intervention.

   We have developed a service robot that operates autonomously, in concert with a network of devices in its environment.

3. Biology.

   1. as an independent organism.

      Viruses, on the boundary between living and nonliving, cannot autonomously reproduce but require the biochemistry and structure of a host cell.

   2. naturally or spontaneously, without cultivation.

      They organized a work day to get rid of the plants growing wildly, autonomously, and unwantedly all around the building.

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Other Word Forms

• nonautonomously adverb

Etymology

Origin of autonomously

autonomous ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

Coco 2 is designed to operate autonomously, but there will still be human oversight in case the robot runs into trouble, Rash said.

From Los Angeles Times

Agents are AI systems that act relatively autonomously to carry out tasks on behalf of users.

From The Wall Street Journal

They can autonomously manipulate and move components within a factory where the space has been previously fully scanned and digitised.

From Barron's

What impressed Marks was the ability of AI to act autonomously, he said.

From MarketWatch

Huang said the AI industry had reached a decisive turning point driven by the rise of so-called agentic AI — systems that can take decisions and act autonomously on behalf of humans.

From Barron's

Related Words

• freely
• individually
• separately