Meaning of OTHERWISE
| Pronunciation: | | 'udhur`wIz
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- [adv] in other respects or ways; "he is otherwise normal"; "the funds are not otherwise available"; "an otherwise hopeless situation"
- [adv] in another and different manner; "very soon you will know differently"; "she thought otherwise"
- [adj] other than as supposed or expected; "the outcome was otherwise"
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| | Synonyms: | | differently, other |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Oth"er*wise`\, adv. [Other + wise manner.]
1. In a different manner; in another way, or in other ways;
differently; contrarily. --Chaucer.
Thy father was a worthy prince, And merited, alas! a
better fate; But Heaven thought otherwise.
--Addison.
2. In other respects.
It is said, truly, that the best men otherwise are
not always the best in regard of society. --Hooker.
3. In different circumstances; under other conditions; as, I
am engaged, otherwise I would accept.
Note: Otherwise, like so and thus, may be used as a
substitute for the opposite of a previous adjective,
noun, etc.
Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as
a fool receive me. --2 Cor. xi.
16.
Her eyebrows . . . rather full than otherwise.
--Fielding.
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| | Related Terms: | | a rebours, against the grain, alias, another, arsy-varsy, by contraries, contra, contrarily, contrariously, contrariwise, conversely, differently, disparate, dissimilar, distant, divergent, diverse, diversely, else, elsewise, if not, in another way, in flat opposition, in other respects, in other ways, inversely, just the opposite, nay rather, not that sort, not the same, not the type, of a sort, of another sort, of sorts, on the contrary, oppositely, or else, other, other than, peculiar, per contra, quite the contrary, rare, rather, special, sui generis, than, to the contrary, topsy-turvy, tout au contraire, unalike, unequal, unique, unlike, upside down, variously, vice versa |
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