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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Otherwise \Oth"er*wise`\, adv [Other + wise manner.] 1. In a different manner; in another way or in other ways; differently; contrarily. --Chaucer. Thy father was a worthy prince, And merited, alas! a better fate; But Heaven thought otherwise. --Addison. 2. In other respects. It is said truly, that the best men otherwise are not always the best in regard of society. --Hooker. 3. 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 --2 Cor. xi 16. Her eyebrows . . . rather full than otherwise. --Fielding. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: otherwise adv 1: in other respects or ways; "he is otherwise normal"; "the funds are not otherwise available"; "an otherwise hopeless situation" 2: in another and different manner; "very soon you will know differently"; "she thought otherwise" [syn: {differently}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: OTHERWISE, adv No better.
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