Crossword Dictionary

otherwise

otherwise - r 
in other respects or ways; "he is otherwise normal"; "the funds are not otherwise available"; "an otherwise hopeless situation" 

wordplays

synonyms 

differently, else, other (than)

in a sentence 

the candidate was gracious in his defeat, though he clearly wished the election had gone otherwise

All of the books had been burned or otherwise destroyed. 

The women talked in the living room while the men were otherwise occupied. 

Art allows us to express things that we would not be able to express otherwise.

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etymology 

contracted from Old English phrase on oðre wisan "in the other manner" (see other + wise (n.)), which in Middle English became oþre wise, and mid-14c. oþerwise. As an adjective from c. 1400. Also in Middle English were otherwhere"elsewhere;" otherwhat "something else" (pron.).

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