different between differently vs otherways

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

From other +? ways.

Adverb

otherways (not comparable)

1. Otherwise; by another means; in other respects

   Synonyms: differently, contrarily

2. (obsolete) Otherwise; in different circumstances.
   • 1759, James Justice, The British Gardener's Calendar

     […] you must now serve the upper part thereof with water as well as the under, and thereby keep the sap in equal motion, as well below as above ground; otherways the young branches of your trees will be parched, instead of being nourished […]

3. (Scotland, obsolete) In a similar or comparable way; similarly.

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “otherways”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

Anagrams

• sea-worthy, seaworthy

Scots

Adverb

otherways (not comparable)

1. similarly, in a similar way
2. otherwise; in other respects
3. differently, contrarily
4. otherwise, else