differently, adv.
(ˈdɪfərəntlɪ)
[f. different a. + -ly2.]
In a different manner, or to a different degree; diversely.
| 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. ii. viii. (1495) 35 Not alle lyke but defferentely. c 1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 124 Wounded in þe heed differentliche. 1450–1530 Myrr. our Ladye 292 To the sonne ys sayde, Christeleyson dyfferentely from them, for he ys not only god wyth them, but also man. 1618 Bolton Florus iv. viii. 305 And now his Navie wafted up and down..O how differently from his Father! hee rooted out the Cilicians, but this man stirred Pyrats to take his part. a 1622 R. Hawkins Hawkins' Voyages (1878) 124 Those..have recounted this mysterie differently to that which is written. 1651 Hobbes Leviath. i. iv. 17 When we conceive the same things differently, we can hardly avoyd different naming of them. 1665 J. Sergeant Sure-footing 182 Reason acts much differently now then formerly. 1713 Berkeley Guardian No. 70 ¶5 Philosophers judge of most things very differently from the vulgar. 1770 F. Burney Early Diary 10 Jan. (1889) I. 64 How very differently do I begin this year to what I did the last! 1844 C. C. Southey Andrew Bell III. 135 He seems to have spent his time somewhat differently than was usual with him. 1860 Tyndall Glac. i. vi. 45 Two surfaces, differently illuminated. 1865 Ruskin Sesame 25 He will think differently from you in many respects. |