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

However, Tesla vehicles cannot operate autonomously and are only safe when used with an alert human driver, the DMV said.

From Los Angeles Times

But over the weekend, CEO Elon Musk said Tesla has started testing aimed at allowing its vehicles in Austin to operate fully autonomously, without that worker.

From MarketWatch

It's designed to patrol for months on end, working autonomously with dozens of other gliders, using software trained on decades of acoustic data.

From BBC

Once models can autonomously design successor models, and once powerful AI systems are embedded in critical infrastructure and military operations, we’ll face the same reactive posture that has plagued cybersecurity for decades.

From The Wall Street Journal

AI shopping agents, which can act autonomously on behalf of users, are in the early stages of adoption and development.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• freely
• individually
• separately