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

But the latest AI technology expands beyond chatbots spewing out financial advice — there have been recent developments in agentic AI, which is when a system acts autonomously on a user’s behalf.

From MarketWatch

The vehicle is designed to be driven autonomously by the Full Self-Driving system.

From The Wall Street Journal

These products, which include so-called agents that can autonomously carry out complex tasks for users, have become all the rage in Silicon Valley, and even sparked a global stock-market selloff last month.

From The Wall Street Journal

The stock surged earlier this year upon the introduction of OpenClaw, a personal-assistant agent that can autonomously take action on a user’s local device.

From MarketWatch

"What's truly scary about agents like OpenClaw is this: once they have your digital keys, they can theoretically access all the services you've authorised, and can autonomously decide when to activate them," Gao warned.

From Barron's

Related Words

• freely
• individually
• separately