different between differently vs respell

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

1806, re- +? spell.

Verb

respell (third-person singular simple present respells, present participle respelling, simple past and past participle respelled or respelt)

1. (transitive) To spell again.
   • 1864, Henry Barnard ed., The American Journal of Education, v 14, Hartford: H. Barnard, p 293:

     A child is learning to spell, but no special pains are taken to make him respell, and respell, until spelled aright, every misspelled word.

   1. Spell differently, especially according to pronunciation, or by a phonetic system.
   • 1860, Joseph Emerson Worcester, A comprehensive Dictionary of the English Language, Boston: Swan, Brewer, and Tileston, p 19:

     It may be hardly necessary to respell most of the words of this class in order to give their pronunciation, as, in their common orthography, they are naturally pronounced correctly, with the appropriate sound of the g.

Derived terms

• respelled
• respelling
• respelt

Anagrams

• Pellers, Serpell, Speller, presell, speller