differently

differently

English

Etymology

different +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

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Adverb

differently (comparative more differently, superlative most differently)

1. (manner) In a different way.
   • 1815, Critical Analysis of Recent Publications, in The Medical and Physical Journal, Vol. 34,

     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.

   • 1912, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Constance Garnett (translator), The Brothers Karamazov,

     "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."

   • 2007, Vanessa Leonardi, Gender and Ideology in Translation: Do Women and Men Translate Differently?,

     Recent research in the field of sociolinguistics and related fields has shown that women and men speak differently.

Translations

in a different way

Bulgarian: различно (bg) (različno), другояче (bg) (drugojače) Catalan: diferentment (ca) Czech: odlišně Esperanto: diference, malsame Finnish: erilaisesti, eri lailla French: différemment (fr) German: anders (de) Greek: αλλιώς (el) (alliós) Ancient: ἑτέρως (hetérōs) Italian: differentemente (it) Latin: aliter (la)

Norman: difféthemment Norwegian: Bokmål: forskjellig (no) Nynorsk: forskjellig Polish: inaczej (pl) Portuguese: diferentemente Russian: по-друго́му (ru) (po-drugómu) Serbo-Croatian: drugačije (sh), drukčije (sh) Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: hynak Spanish: diferentemente