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differently en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt.li/
• /ˈdɪf.ɹənt.li/
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Latin differō Latin differēnsder. Old French differentbor. Middle English different Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English differently English differently From Middle English differently; equivalent to different + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a different way.
   • Things turned out differently from what I'd envisaged.
   • 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?:
   • "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:
   • 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:

Forms

Antonyms

similarly · identically

Deriveds

differently able · differently abled

Hyponyms

dissimilarly · contrarily · vice versa

Synonyms

differently · elsewise · otherly · otherways · otherwhence · otherwise · serely · othergates

Translations (36)

grc ἑτέρως (in a different way) · ca diferentment (in a different way) · de anders (in a different way) · sh drukčije (in a different way) · got 𐌰𐌽𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍉 (in a different way) · txb āläm (in a different way) · nl anders (in a different way) · nb forskjellig (in a different way) · el αλλιώς (in a different way) · es diferentemente (in a different way) · cs odlišně (in a different way) · grc ἀλλοίως (in a different way) · hu máshogyan (in a different way) · nn forskjellig (in a different way) · da forskelligt (in a different way) · nl verschillend (in a different way) · pt diferentemente (in a different way) · it differentemente (in a different way) · ru по-друго́му (in a different way) · da anderledes (in a different way) · bg другояче (in a different way) · fi eri lailla (in a different way) · bg различно (in a different way) · fr différemment (in a different way) · sh drugačije (in a different way) · dsb hynak (in a different way) · fi erilaisesti (in a different way) · pdt aundasch (in a different way) · la aliter (in a different way) · eo malsame (in a different way) · pl inaczej (in a different way) · nrf difféthemment (in a different way) · it diversamente (in a different way) · enm differently (in a different way) · da specielt (in a different way) · eo diference (in a different way)