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

Weave Robotics has seven Isaacs dotted across the city, autonomously folding clothes for laundromats.

From BBC

Atlas, which is designed for general industrial use, is being developed to work alongside people and autonomously manage machines.

From BBC

The big idea was to take Tesla’s learnings from its self-driving technology, which uses software and cameras to autonomously drive automobiles.

From The Wall Street Journal

“In retail, this means agents can continuously monitor sales, supply chains, inventory and consumer behavior, and autonomously adjust prices, reorder stock and tailor marketing in real time,” Chen said.

From MarketWatch

Musk said he expects there to be hundreds of thousands of Teslas driving fully autonomously on roads in the U.S. by the end of the year, many of which would be personally owned vehicles.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• freely
• individually
• separately