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Grammar : Adv
Spell : uhth -er-wahyz
Phonetic Transcription : ˈʌð ərˌwaɪz

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Origin :
  • contracted from Old English phrase on oðre wisan "in the other manner" (see other + wise (n.)), which in Middle English became oþre wise, and mid-14c. oþerwise. As an adjective from c.1400.
  • adv in another way; alternatively
Example sentences :
  • Otherwise I may behave in a manner to be regretted in my calmer moments.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Ladies should have with them as much jewelry as possible, borrowed or otherwise.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1. No. 20, August 13, 1870 » by Various
  • Otherwise, he would not have cared to go on destroying life for no useful end.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • The three gave Andy a look and a grunt, but otherwise they paid no attention to him.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • "Of course I am, otherwise I wouldn't have mentioned it," declared Emma.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • With what warmth of benevolence—how should he be otherwise than warm in any of his attributes?
  • Extract from : « Fire Worship (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • The Universal Father could surely not do otherwise than bless all alike.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • It has never been otherwise as yet; it will probably not be otherwise for long generations to come.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • One's attention was not called to it otherwise than as a wholly inevitable state.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • "These are the Beating Friars, otherwise called the Flagellants," quoth he.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

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