differently

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English differently; equivalent to different +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdɪfɹəntli/, /ˈdɪfəɹəntli/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Adverb

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differently (comparative more differently, superlative most differently)

  1. (manner) In a different way.
    Things turned out differently from what I'd envisaged.
    • 1815, “Critical Analysis of Recent Publications”, in The Medical and Physical Journal, volume 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, translated by Constance Garnett, 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.

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Translations

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From different +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdifɛrɛntliː/, /diˈfɛrɛntliː/, /-liːtʃ(ə)/

Adverb

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differently

  1. differently

Descendants

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  • English: differently
  • Scots: differently

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