differently
English
Etymology
From Middle English differently; equivalent to different + -ly.
Pronunciation
Adverb
differently (comparative more differently, superlative most differently)
- (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.
- 1815, Critical Analysis of Recent Publications, in The Medical and Physical Journal, Vol. 34,
Translations
in a different way
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Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adverb
differently
- differently
Descendants
- English: differently
- Scots: differently
References
- “differentlī, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-07-31.
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