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differently able

differently able adjective: disabled or handicapped.

Adjective

differently able (not comparable)

  1. (euphemistic, often humorous or pejoratively so except India and Philippines) Disabled or handicapped.
    • Illogical pedestrian crossings, inaccessible pavements and inconvenient public transport make it rather hostile for its differently abled citizens.2022 May 24, “Is Chennai convenient for its Differently-abled citizens?”, in The Hindu
    • "We are Not Disabled; We are Differently-Abled"2021, Various, “'We are Not Disabled; We are Differently-Abled': A Study on The Lived Experiences of Person with Disability in the Workplace”, in Dangal Research Journal, volume 3, number 1

differently able meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Indonesian

differently able in Tamil

மாற்றுத் திறன்

differently able in Malayalam

differently able, differently abled
ഭിന്നശേഷി bhinnaśēṣi

differently able in Indonesian

euphemism for 'disabled'
difabel

Forms of differently able

alternative formdifferently abled

Questions about differently able

What does differently able mean?
Differently able means disabled or handicapped.
What is differently able in Tamil?
Differently able in Tamil is மாற்றுத் திறன். See Differently able meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is differently able?
Differently able is an adjective.

Words near differently able in the dictionary

  1. differentiator
  2. differentiators
  3. differentiatory
  4. differentley
  5. differently
  6. differently able
  7. differently abled
  8. differentness
  9. differentnesses
  10. differents
  11. differest

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Adapted from Wiktionary: differently able (page history and authors); differently able (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ഭിന്നശേഷി (Malayalam) (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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