dissimilarly

adverb

as in diversely

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  1. diversely
  2. variously
  3. differently
  4. otherwise
Adverb
  • 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
  • My goal for the latter part of the year is to read more diversely by publisher.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 June 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
  • Sure, that’s a special case that could’ve gone very differently, but Ferrari’s different car performance case in 2026 is the bigger factor here.
    — Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • What do third-party organizations do differently than public school leadership?
    — Samuel O’Neal September 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 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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