dissimilarly

adverb

as in diversely

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissimilarly
  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
  • Western scholars also variously understand the concept of brahman in the Upanishads and Advaita Vedanta as a version of monism (the oneness of all things), pantheism (all is god), or panentheism (god is the whole universe and beyond).
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
  • This shift occasioned the profligate production that would mark her oeuvre, with Kusama going on to make hundreds of paintings in which forests of lines and dots cradled variously floral and phallic figures.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of variously
Adverb
  • If 10 days become 5, can the work genuinely be completed differently or more efficiently?
    — Mustafa Shreet, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Put differently, blindness, two-handedness, and the continuous line are restraints that freed Nauman from the habits of description.
    — Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of differently
Adverb
  • None of the lead articles compare firms that adopted these AI processes with otherwise similar firms that did not, on realized strategy quality or long-run performance.
    — Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Bikes are not allowed to on freeways or expressways, and cyclists cannot pass through tolls unless the signs nearby dictate otherwise.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of otherwise
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“Dissimilarly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissimilarly. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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