differently

«differently» in Mova's school dictionary: not the same as another way or as before — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb (differently, more differently)

meaning for a pupil

In a way that is not the same as another way or as before. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths, «solve it differently» means find another method, which also helps check the answer; people may think differently and still both be right. In everyday life and friendship, people look, speak and believe differently, and we respect that. Phrases: «do things differently», «think differently», «differently from», «act differently».

examples

• Try to solve the problem differently to check your answer. tree →
• Every child learns differently. tree →
• My brother and I see things differently. tree →
• If I could start again, I'd do it differently. tree →
• The two words are spelled differently but sound the same. tree →
• She dressed differently for the party. tree →
• The dog acts differently when it's hungry. tree →
• Ice behaves differently from water. tree →
• "You will think differently in the morning," said Medea. tree →

note

Adjective: «different»; noun: «difference». Say «differently from» (also «to» in British, «than» in American). In maths, the «difference» between two numbers is what you get when you subtract — a different idea.

In the corpora

• Bots add some randomness, so even the same bot can answer differently twice.
• Many berries are poisonous to people even though birds can eat them, because birds' bodies handle some poisons differently.
• Scientists and cooks use words differently.
• But the Stranger-man reads the picture quite differently.
• As sugar dissolves you can see wavy streams, because the sugary water bends light differently from plain water.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «differently» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.