Otherish vs Otherly - What's the difference?
otherish | otherly |
Pertaining to or being of another kind; different.
*2007 , Charlotte Sleigh, Six legs better: a cultural history of myrmecology :
Concerned with or directed toward others; selfless.
*1884 , James Hinton, The law-breaker and the coming of the law :
Pertaining to something or someone else; different.
* 1989 , John R. Seeley, Community chest: a case study in philanthropy :
* 2000 , Phoebe Eng, Warrior Lessons: An Asian American Woman's Journey Into Power :
Pertaining or directed toward others; otherish.
* 2011 , Ed Cook, Just a Thought :
As adjectives the difference between otherish and otherly
is that otherish is pertaining to or being of another kind; different while otherly is pertaining to something or someone else; different.As an adverb otherly is
(nonstandard) otherwise; differently.otherish
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- This likens the insect to another otherish human?not impossibly cruel this time, but impossibly brilliant.
- About the word "altruistic" and the suggestion of "otherish ," the real meaning of the difficulty about a word for "regard to others," is that we do not want it.
otherly
English
Etymology 1
From .Adjective
(en adjective)- As against this "otherly " and warlike definition, there occurs and recurs, both in the public relations literature and in the serious discussion of policy, a more "brotherly" and peaceful set of themes, parallel to those which permit [...]
- [...] sense of cultural pride, we have become fixated on the only apparent characteristic that labels us as otherly .
- He has no needs or wants that are not met within the eternal community of otherly love known as the triune Godhead of Father, Son, and Spirit. God doesn't need us.