Definition of "autonomously" []

• In an autonomous or self-governing manner. (adverb)

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• "Wieseltier basically runs the back-of-the-book autonomously, which is a setup that often leads to friction with the nominal editor of the magazine, and in the case of the Wieseltier/Sullivan situation it was especially bad for some reason."
• "Sixty or so al Qaeda cells around the word, some of them act autonomously, that is whether Osama bin Laden's alive or not they still might do their terror."
• "Fund on Monday urged authorities to coordinate a transparent exit from unprecedented public support of the financial system amid the worst economic crisis in six decades. computers are often designed to act autonomously, that is, without human intervention."