different between otherish vs otherly

English

Etymology

From other +? -ish. Cognate with Dutch anders (“different”).

Adjective

otherish (comparative more otherish, superlative most otherish)

1. Pertaining or belonging to another kind; different.
   • 2007, Charlotte Sleigh, Six legs better: a cultural history of myrmecology:

     This likens the insect to another otherish human?not impossibly cruel this time, but impossibly brilliant.

2. Concerned with or directed toward others; selfless.
   • 1884, James Hinton, The law-breaker and the coming of the law:

     About the word "altruistic" and the suggestion of "otherish," the real meaning of the difficulty about a word for "regard to others," is that we do not want it.

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