If not
If not adverb - Perhaps; indicating possibility of being more remarkable (greater or better or sooner) than.
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Separately and if not are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Separately" instead an adverb phrase "If not".
Separately
Separately adverb - Apart from others.
If not and separately are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "If not" instead an adverb "Separately".
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Related pairs
- individually and if not
- individually and separately
- uniquely and if not
- uniquely and separately
- distinctively and if not
- distinctively and separately
- unusually and if not
- unusually and separately
- distinctly and if not
- distinctly and separately
- on the contrary and if not
- on the contrary and separately
- oppositely and if not
- oppositely and separately
Both terms in one sentence
- Even worse, the practice of "hide now, release separately later" is frighteningly similar (if not the Ur-Example) to the maligned practice of "on-disk DLC".
Source: Scrappy Mechanic / Pokémon
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Separately and If not. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/if_not/separately
If not & Separately. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/if_not/separately>.
Separately or If not. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/if_not/separately.
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