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dissimilarly

adverb

as in diversely

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissimilarly
  1. diversely
  2. variously
  3. differently
  4. otherwise
Adverb
  • Those folks who stayed home, however, missed a diversely entertaining evening of rock ‘n’ roll from three bands who each hail from different realms of the classic rock world.
    — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Five rounds of testing accumulated more than 18,000 miles in order to land on a solution for diversely challenging terrain, including wet rock and wet dirt.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of diversely
Adverb
  • Such questions, in fact, may not be the right ones to ask about the man variously described as a teacher, philosopher, maverick mystic, and enlightened person.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Reddington variously asked the judge either to remove the holdout and replace him with an alternate or to order the jury to continue deliberating.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of variously
Adverb
  • These platforms each operate differently and can draw from numerous sources.
    — Evan Nierman, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Part of the investigation’s task was to examine the response of the UK’s National Health Service (NHS), including whether senior staff should have responded differently when suspicions about Letby’s behavior were eventually raised.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of differently
Adverb
  • Iowa State’s 13-10 win last year in Ames damaged Iowa’s CFP opportunities, which would otherwise have been alive into mid-November.
    — Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The 6-foot, 222-pound junior found the end zone twice and rushed for 266 yards against FSU, the most in the long-standing series, for a bright spot to cap an otherwise dismal 2025.
    — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of otherwise
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“Dissimilarly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissimilarly. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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