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adverb

Otherwise adv.

In a different manner; in another way, or in other ways; differently; contrarily. "Thy father was a worthy prince, And merited, alas! a better fate; But Heaven thought otherwise."

In other respects. "It is said, truly, that the best men otherwise are not always the best in regard of society."

In different circumstances; under other conditions; as, I am engaged, otherwise I would accept. Note: Otherwise, like so and thus, may be used as a substitute for the opposite of a previous adjective, noun, etc. "Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me." "Her eyebrows... rather full than otherwise."

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"Otherwise" Quotes from Famous Books

... grass that can be gathered has to be made into hay, otherwise the ponies and cows would starve in the winter, as they are often snowed up for weeks at a time. Haymaking is, therefore, a great business, and the amount of grass which the Norwegians contrive to scrape off their land is marvellous. At the best of ...

— Peeps at Many Lands: Norway • A.F. Mockler-Ferryman

... gambling, and debauchery were permissible, but must not be allowed to interfere with business. Believing in God was rather stupid, but religion ought be safeguarded, as the common people must have some principle to restrain them, otherwise they would not work. Punishment is only necessary as deterrent. There was no need to go away for holidays, as it was just as nice in town. And so on. He was a widower and had no children, but lived on a large scale, as though he had a family, ...

— The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories • Anton Chekhov

... name, on account of the robberies which are continually being perpetrated within its recesses, but at the period of which I am speaking, it was said to be swarming with banditti. We of course expected to be robbed, perhaps stripped and otherwise ill-treated; but Providence here manifested itself. It appeared that, the day before our arrival, the banditti of the pass had committed a dreadful robbery and murder, by which they gained forty thousand rials. This booty probably ...

— The Bible in Spain • George Borrow

... Secretary to the Prince of Wales), by his kneeling down and letting me play with his badge of Chancellor of the Order of the Garter. With another Bishop, however, the persuasion of showing him my 'pretty shoes' was of no use. Claremont remains as the brightest epoch of my otherwise rather melancholy childhood—where to be under the roof of that beloved Uncle—to listen to some music in the Hall when there were dinner-parties—and to go and see dear old Louis!—the former faithful ...

— The Letters of Queen Victoria, Volume 1 (of 3), 1837-1843) • Queen Victoria

... things grotesque. Then two more beacons were made out, lower than the first, and the men yelled joyously that fires had been lighted on either side the harbor to guide them in. And so they had been, but otherwise than the ...

— Nuala O'Malley • H. Bedford-Jones

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