differently
/ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt.li/
differently adverb: in a different way.
Adverb
differently (comparative more differently, superlative most differently)
- 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
- Synonyms:
- elsewise, othergates, otherly, otherways, otherwhence, otherwise, serely
differently meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Kannada
differently in Tamil
- வேறுபாடான
differently in Urdu
- دوسری طرح سے, جداگانہ, تفریقی
differently in Bengali
- ভিন্নভাবে, সম্পূর্ণ ভিন্ন, পৃথক্
differently in Kannada
- differently; separately
- ಬೇರೆ bēre
More languagesFewer languages
- differently in Sanskrit
- नाना nā́nā
Examples of differently in a sentence
- The note D♭ is spelled differently from C♯, even though they sound equivalent.
- The ball will move differently depending on the grip used when throwing it.
- You might feel differently about this policy if you were on the ground in a war zone.
Synonyms of differently
Antonyms
Forms of differently
| comparative | more differently |
|---|---|
| superlative | most differently |
Origin of differently
From Middle English differently; equivalent to different + -ly.
Words formed from differently
Questions about differently
- What does differently mean?
- Differently means in a different way.
- What is differently in Tamil?
- Differently in Tamil is வேறுபாடான. See Differently meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is differently?
- Differently is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce differently?
- Differently is pronounced /ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt.li/.
Words near differently in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: differently (page history and authors); differently (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); differently (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); differently (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಬೇರೆ (Kannada) (page history and authors); नाना (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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