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differently
[ dif-er-uhnt-lee, dif-ruhnt‐ ]
adverb
- in a manner unlike another in character or quality; dissimilarly:
This home alarm system works differently from the one in your office.
- in a way unlike a previous way:
I’m looking at life differently these days.
- in diverse ways; variously:
Several of the sauces look similar, but they are differently flavored.
- in an atypical way; unusually:
Dressing differently is just part of her bohemian style.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of differently1
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Example Sentences
In 2007, Huckabee said he stood by these earlier remarks, but would phrase them differently.
In the ten pages of commentary, if anyone felt differently they were in the clear minority.
My pessimism leads me to fight harder, or try to understand how I can do it differently.
Another group of mistletoes, dwarf mistletoes, does things a bit differently.
With better training on how specifically to deal with people with ID, the deputies might have handled the situation differently.
In the nine differently colored circular tracks, rolled little globes representing the planets.
A great many people besides the Governor desired to see letters the substance of which could be so differently understood.
As to that I venture no opinion, but Ireland is very differently situated.
The same case therefore may be regarded differently by different tribunals.
They would have been very differently written, had they been intended for other eyes than his own.
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