"differently" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈdɪfɹəntli/, /ˈdɪfəɹəntli/ Audio: en-us-differently.ogg [US] Forms: more differently [comparative], most differently [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English differently; equivalent to different + -ly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|differently}} Middle English differently, {{suffix|en|different|ly}} different + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} differently (comparative more differently, superlative most differently)
  1. (manner) In a different way. Synonyms: differently, elsewise [Britain], othergates [obsolete], otherly, otherways, otherwhence [rare], otherwise, serely [archaic, dialectal] Hyponyms: contrarily, dissimilarly, vice versa Derived forms: differently able, differently abled Translations (in a different way): ἑτέρως (hetérōs) (Ancient Greek), ἀλλοίως (alloíōs) (Ancient Greek), различно (različno) (Bulgarian), другояче (drugojače) (Bulgarian), diferentment (Catalan), odlišně (Czech), forskelligt (Danish), specielt (Danish), anderledes (Danish), verschillend (Dutch), anders (Dutch), diference (Esperanto), malsame (Esperanto), erilaisesti (Finnish), eri lailla (Finnish), différemment (French), anders (German), 𐌰𐌽𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍉 (anþarleikō) (Gothic), αλλιώς (alliós) (Greek), máshogyan (Hungarian), differentemente (Italian), diversamente (Italian), aliter (Latin), hynak (Lower Sorbian), differently (Middle English), difféthemment (Norman), forskjellig (Norwegian Bokmål), forskjellig (Norwegian Nynorsk), aundasch (Plautdietsch), inaczej (Polish), diferentemente (Portuguese), по-друго́му (po-drugómu) (Russian), drugačije (Serbo-Croatian), drukčije (Serbo-Croatian), diferentemente (Spanish), āläm (Tocharian B)

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      "roman": "po-drugómu",
      "sense": "in a different way",
      "word": "по-друго́му"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "in a different way",
      "word": "drugačije"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "in a different way",
      "word": "drukčije"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "in a different way",
      "word": "hynak"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in a different way",
      "word": "diferentemente"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "in a different way",
      "word": "āläm"
    }
  ],
  "word": "differently"
}

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