different between differently vs otherly

English

Etymology

From Middle English differently; equivalent to different +? -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dif??ntli/, /?dif???ntli/

Adverb

differently (comparative more differently, superlative most differently)

1. (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."

Translations

Middle English

Alternative forms

• differentliche

Etymology

From different +? -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dif?r?ntli?/, /di?f?r?ntli?/, /-li?t?(?)/

Adverb

differently

1. differently

Descendants

• English: differently
• Scots: differently

References

• “differentl?, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-07-31.

English

Etymology 1

From other +? -ly.

Adjective

otherly (comparative more otherly, superlative most otherly)

1. Pertaining to something or someone else; different.
   • 1989, John R. Seeley, Community chest: a case study in philanthropy:

     As against this "otherly" and warlike definition, there occurs and recurs, both in the public relations literature and in the serious discussion of policy, a more "brotherly" and peaceful set of themes, parallel to those which permit [...]

   • 2000, Phoebe Eng, Warrior Lessons: An Asian American Woman's Journey Into Power:

     [...] sense of cultural pride, we have become fixated on the only apparent characteristic that labels us as otherly.

2. Pertaining or directed toward others; otherish.
   • 2011, Ed Cook, Just a Thought:

     He has no needs or wants that are not met within the eternal community of otherly love known as the triune Godhead of Father, Son, and Spirit. God doesn't need us.

Derived terms

• otherliness

Etymology 2

From Middle English otherliche, from Old English ?þerl??e (“otherwise, differently”), equivalent to other +? -ly. Cognate with Old Saxon ?þarl?k, Old High German andarl?h, Icelandic annarligur, Gothic ???????????????????????????????????????? (anþarleik?, “otherwise”).

Adverb

otherly (comparative more otherly, superlative most otherly)

1. (nonstandard) Otherwise; differently.

Anagrams

• Rothley, Thorley, helotry