differentially
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7.2
- adverb
- /ˌdɪfəˈrɛnʃəli/
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diferencialmente
- The results indicate that the two forms of aggression differentially affect friendship quality.
- differentially affects
- differentially expressed
- differentially influenced
There's always going to be some group that's differentially harmed.
- There's always going to be some group that's differentially harmed.
- Temperament may be in part a reason why children are differentially impacted by the experiences of their childhood.
- There are different solutions that work differentially well, in particular, you know, ecological parts of the world.
- Anything that's unusual or unexpected, differentially requires your attention much more than something that's banal and common.
Examples
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The researchers found that the medication affected children differentially, depending on their age and health status.
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Truly adaptive teaching is achieved when instructional techniques are differentially applied in response to learner assessments.
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Well, what's happening here is that treatment A and Treatment B are being applied differentially based on the stone type.
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There are different solutions that work differentially well, in particular, you know, ecological parts of the world.
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Thus, the signal detection procedure appeared to differentially affect recall as a function of instructions.
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Temperament may be in part a reason why children are differentially impacted by the experiences of their childhood.
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There is some indication that men and women are differentially satisfied with specific dimensions of job satisfaction.
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According to these models, stable individual differences in explanatory style are related differentially to depression.
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Specific language subsystems such as syntax or morphology skills may differentially predict reading outcomes.
Academic text (2013) -
I predicted that cognitive and affective perspective taking would differentially affect empathic arousal and altruistic responding.
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
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1.1
In a way that is not the same as another person or thing
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6.3
Happening in different ways at different times or in different situations
In a different way
In a way that shows a clear difference between two things
In a way you can tell is different from others
In very different ways
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
differentially = differential (transparent) = different + ial + ly
The adverb is a regular formation from the adjective 'differential' with the productive suffix '-ly', so the meaning is directly derived.
Etymology
Differentially comes from different, which means 'not the same'. So, to act differentially is to act in a way that depends on the 'differences' between people or things.