adj.

1. remote and separate physically or socially;
   apart(p), isolated, obscure
   
   • existed over the centuries as a world apart
   • preserved because they inhabited a place apart"- W.H.Hudson; "tiny isolated villages remote from centers of civilization
   • an obscure village
2. not living together as man and wife;
   apart(p), separate, separated
   
   • decided to live apart
   • maintaining separate households
   • they are separated
3. having characteristics not shared by others; "scientists felt they were a group apart"- Vannever Bush;
   apart(p)

adv.

1. separated or at a distance in place or position or time
   
   • These towns are many miles apart
   • stood with his legs apart
   • born two years apart
2. not taken into account or excluded from consideration;
   aside
   
   • these problems apart, the country is doing well
   • all joking aside, I think you're crazy
3. away from another or others
   
   • they grew apart over the years
   • kept apart from the group out of shyness
   • decided to live apart
4. placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose;
   aside
   
   • had a feeling of being set apart
   • quality sets it apart
   • a day set aside for relaxing
5. one from the other
   
   • people can't tell the twins apart
6. into parts or pieces;
   asunder
   
   • he took his father's watch apart
   • split apart
   • torn asunder