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What does OTHERWISE mean?

Definitions for OTHERWISE
ˈʌð ərˌwaɪzoth·er·wise

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word OTHERWISE.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. otherwiseadverb

    other than as supposed or expected

    "the outcome was otherwise"

  2. otherwiseadverb

    in other respects or ways

    "he is otherwise normal"; "the funds are not otherwise available"; "an otherwise hopeless situation"

  3. differently, otherwise, other thanadverb

    in another and different manner

    "very soon you will know differently"; "she thought otherwise"; "there is no way out other than the fire escape";

Wiktionary

  1. otherwiseadverb

    Differently, in another way.

    You may be right, but I think otherwise.

  2. otherwiseadverb

    In different circumstances; or else.

  3. otherwiseadverb

    In all other respects.

    He prayed to Neptune every day. Otherwise he behaved rationally.

  4. otherwiseadjective

    Other than supposed, different.

    He said he didn't do it, but the evidence was otherwise.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Otherwiseadverb

    Etymology: other and wise.

    They only plead, that whatsoever God revealeth, as necessary for all Christian men to do and believe, the same we ought to embrace, whether we have received it by writing or otherwise, which no man denieth. Richard Hooker, b. i.

    The whole church hath not tied the parts unto one and the same thing, they being therein left each to their own choice, may either do as others do, or else otherwise, without any breach of duty at all. Richard Hooker, b. iv. s. 13.

    In these good things, what all others should practise, we should scarce know to practise otherwise. Thomas Sprat.

    Thy father was a worthy prince,
    And merited, alas! a better fate;
    But heaven thought otherwise. Joseph Addison, Cato.

    Sir John Norris failed in the attempts of Lisborn, and returned with the loss, by sickness and otherwise, of eight thousand men. Walter Raleigh.

    It is said truly, that the best men otherwise, are not always the best in regard of society. Richard Hooker, b. i.

    Men seldom consider God any otherwise than in relation to themselves, and therefore want some extraordinary benefits to excite their attention and engage their love. John Rogers.

ChatGPT

  1. otherwise

    Otherwise is an adverb or conjunction that means "in circumstances different from those mentioned," "if not," or "or else." It is used to express an alternative or opposite condition or possibility.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'OTHERWISE' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1233

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'OTHERWISE' in Written Corpus Frequency: #909

  3. Adverbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'OTHERWISE' in Adverbs Frequency: #115

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of OTHERWISE in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of OTHERWISE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of OTHERWISE in a Sentence

  1. Jim Sanford:

    It transforms an otherwise ordinary dish into something very extraordinary.

  2. Dianne Feinstein:

    I think it was the right thing to do and I believe they saw it as the right thing to do otherwise they're going to have a fight and it's not worth the fight, there( is) mutual suspicion of one side and the other. This clears that up and has a person whose reputation is as good as it gets and he'll be very good.

  3. Sean Gourley:

    It allows you to automate the human reading and writing tasks that would otherwise be very expensive to perform, when you do deploy these things at scale across all of the documents that you have as an organization or an enterprise, you’re going to see patterns and structures inside that data that individual analysts would miss just because they’re not looking at enough volume of information.

  4. Michael Sadof:

    I was about Trump and I think we need somebody to shake this thing up and I think we have to have a Republican otherwise we're in very big trouble in this country, we've both worked all of our lives, saved enough money and now don't have enough money to live on because there's no interest and there's a whole bunch of issues. However, I think he seems to have very good ideas and a balance between compassion and force. And I think that that's what we need, as a leader.

  5. Sergey Lavrov:

    There is just one thing left to do: to fulfill them before it’s too late. Otherwise the Russian army will take matters into its own hands, with regard to the duration of the conflict, the ball is now in the court of Washington and its regime.

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  • عكس ذلكArabic
  • altramentCatalan, Valencian
  • jinakCzech
  • andernfalls, ansonsten, sonst, andersGerman
  • αλλιώςGreek
  • aliokaze, alimaniere, alikazeEsperanto
  • fuera de eso, si no, por otra parte, por lo demás, de lo contrario, aparte de esto, de otra maneraSpanish
  • در غیر این صورتPersian
  • muutoin, muuten, toisinFinnish
  • pour le reste, autrement, sinonFrench
  • a chaochladhScottish Gaelic
  • नहीं तोHindi
  • The translation of "otherwise" to Hungarian is "különben."Hungarian
  • alterementeInterlingua
  • in altre circostanze, differentemente, a parte ciò, per altri aspettiItalian
  • その他, さもなくば, 他の点ではJapanese
  • ئه‌گیناKurdish
  • anders, anderszinsDutch
  • poza tym, inaczejPolish
  • em contrário, [[de]] [[outro]] [[jeito]]/[[modo]], [[fora]] [[isso]], senão, contrário, diferentemente, no mais, diferente, [[de]] [[outra]] [[forma]]/[[maneira]]Portuguese
  • в прочем, в противном случае, в других отношениях, иначеRussian
  • suprotnoSerbo-Croatian
  • annorlunda, annars, i annat fall, i övrigtSwedish
  • aksi takdirdeTurkish

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    (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
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