Lexic.us

Definition of Otherwise

1. Adjective. Other than as supposed or expected. "The outcome was otherwise"

2. Adverb. In other respects or ways. "An otherwise hopeless situation"

3. Adverb. In another and different manner. "There is no way out other than the fire escape"

Definition of Otherwise

1. adv. In a different manner; in another way, or in other ways; differently; contrarily.

Definition of Otherwise

1. Adverb. (context: manner) Differently, in another way. ¹

2. Adverb. (context: conjunctive) In different circumstances; or else. ¹

3. Adverb. (context: conjunctive) In all other respects. ¹

4. Adjective. Other than supposed, different. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Otherwise

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Otherwise

otherings otherish otherkin otherly othermother othermothers otherness othernesses others othersome

othertimes otherways otherwhere otherwhile otherwhiles otherwise (current term) otherwize otherworld otherworldish otherworldliness

otherworldly otherworlds otherworldy othman othonna otic otic abscess otic barotrauma otic bone otic capsule

Literary usage of Otherwise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"WITH no greater events than these in the Long- bourn family, and otherwise diversified by little beyond the walks to ..."

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