differently
adv/ˈdɪfɹəntli/ · /ˈdɪfəɹəntli/
Etymology From Middle English differently; equivalent to different + -ly.
1
In a different way.
- Things turned out differently from what I'd envisaged.
- I was (says Mr. Highmore) forcibly struck with the violence of its pulsation, so much so, that, if it had been differently situated, I should have considered it an aneurism of considerable magnitude.1815, “Critical Analysis of Recent Publications”, in The Medical and Physical Journal, volume 34:
2 more examples
- "You see, gentlemen, I couldn't bear the look of him, there was something in him ignoble, impudent, trampling on everything sacred, something sneering and irreverent, loathsome, loathsome. But now that he's dead, I feel differently." "How do you mean?" "I don't feel differently, but I wish I hadn't hated him so." "You feel penitent?" "No, not penitent, don't write that. I'm not much good myself; I'm not very beautiful, so I had no right to consider him repulsive. That's what I mean. Write that down, if you like."1912, Fyodor Dostoevsky, translated by Constance Garnett, The Brothers Karamazov:
- Recent research in the field of sociolinguistics and related fields has shown that women and men speak differently.2007, Vanessa Leonardi, Gender and Ideology in Translation: Do Women and Men Translate Differently?:
- Synonyms
- differently, elsewise, othergates, otherly, otherways, otherwhence, otherwise, serely
- Antonyms
- identically, similarly
- Derived terms
- differently able, differently abled
- Hyponyms
- contrarily, dissimilarly, vice versa