remote and separate physically or socially; "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";
having characteristics not shared by others; "scientists felt they were a group apart"- Vannever Bush;
not living together as man and wife; "decided to live apart"; "maintaining separate households"; "they are separated";
