adjective

1. (Used after a noun or in the predicate) Exceptional, distinct.

   “a world apart”

2. Having been taken apart; disassembled, in pieces.

adverb

1. Placed separately (in regard to space or time).

2. Separately, exclusively, not together

   “Consider the two propositions apart.”

3. Aside; away.

Synonyms: independently, separately, asunder, in twain