[
UK
/ˈʌðəwˌaɪz/
]
[ US /ˈəðɝˌwaɪz/ ]
[ US /ˈəðɝˌwaɪz/ ]
ADVERB
-
in other respects or ways
he is otherwise normal
an otherwise hopeless situation
the funds are not otherwise available -
in another and different manner
there is no way out other than the fire escape
very soon you will know differently
she thought otherwise
ADJECTIVE
-
other than as supposed or expected
the outcome was otherwise
How To Use otherwise In A Sentence
- Intellectual Dublin seemed no longer to consist of writers, but of folk singers, bearded or otherwise.
- I have to find grass and bring it up to them, otherwise they'll die. Times, Sunday Times
- And, yes, the otherwise companionless apartment smelled like love for a few weeks each spring. The Orangery
- Silence is the rule for our heroes, and that means a bit of extra claustrophobia to scenes that would otherwise be totally generic.
- Companies need to be able to handle surges, otherwise the cost of generating leads is wasted and prospective customers who cannot get through may get such a bad impression of the company that they do not bother calling back.
- I don't otherwise want to move: I have a large place in a convenient location with reasonable rent that allows pets, which isn't easy to find.
- It's ludicrous to suggest otherwise. Times, Sunday Times
- By the term contracted foot, otherwise known as hoof-bound, is indicated a condition in which the foot, more especially the posterior half of it, is, or becomes, narrower from side to side than is normal. Diseases of the Horse's Foot
- Russian knapweed is a problem in ranges and pastures in the western United States, where it grows up to 4 feet tall and takes over otherwise productive land.
- Holography not only maps the intensities of the light, as do normal diffraction patterns, it also encodes information about the phases of the light that is otherwise intrinsically lost.