otherwise > define
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";
- synonyms: differently, other than
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