Over time, female learned differently (9)
I believe the answer is:
otherwise
'differently' is the definition.
(I know that differently can be written as otherwise)
'over time female learned' is the wordplay.
'over time' becomes 'ot' (this could be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'female' becomes 'her' (I've seen this in another clue).
'learned' becomes 'wise' (I've seen this before).
'ot'+'her'+'wise'='OTHERWISE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for otherwise that I've seen before include "Differently - or else!" , "White rose (anag.)" , "Alternatively" , "Under different conditions" , "Apart from that" .)