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adjective

  • Other than as supposed or expected.
    • usage: "the outcome was otherwise"

adverb

  • In other respects or ways.
    • usage: "he is otherwise normal"; "the funds are not otherwise available"; "an otherwise hopeless situation"
  • In another and different manner.
    • usage: "very soon you will know differently"; "she thought otherwise"; "there is no way out other than the fire escape";
by WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
  • (adv.) In different circumstances; under other conditions; as, I am engaged, otherwise I would accept.
  • (adv.) In other respects.
  • (adv.) In a different manner; in another way or in other ways; differently; contrarily.
by Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary