Otherwise

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Otherwise \Oth"er*wise`\, adv. [Other + wise manner.]
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     1. In a different manner; in another way, or in other ways;
        differently; contrarily. --Chaucer.
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              Thy father was a worthy prince,
              And merited, alas! a better fate;
              But Heaven thought otherwise.         --Addison.
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     2. In other respects.
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              It is said, truly, that the best men otherwise are
              not always the best in regard of society. --Hooker.
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     3. In different circumstances; under other conditions; as, I
        am engaged, otherwise I would accept.
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     Note: Otherwise, like so and thus, may be used as a
           substitute for the opposite of a previous adjective,
           noun, etc.
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                 Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as
                 a fool receive me.                 --2 Cor. xi.
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                 Her eyebrows . . . rather full than otherwise.
                                                    --Fielding.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  otherwise
       adj : other than as supposed or expected; "the outcome was
             otherwise"
       adv 1: in other respects or ways; "he is otherwise normal"; "the
              funds are not otherwise available"; "an otherwise
              hopeless situation"
       2: in another and different manner; "very soon you will know
          differently"; "she thought otherwise" [syn: {differently}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  57 Moby Thesaurus words for "otherwise":
     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
  
  

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  OTHERWISE, adv.  No better.