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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
otherwise/ˈʌðəwʌɪz/

▶adverb

1 in different circumstances; or else.

2 in other respects.

3 in a different way.
■ alternatively.

▶adjective in a different state or situation.

– phrases
or (or and) otherwise indicating the opposite of something stated.

– origin OE on ōthre wisan (see other, wise2).

'otherwise' also found in these Oxford entries:

activated carbon - alias - alternative energy - and - ASP - available - backland - beholden - blot - blow - bulge - but - channel - couple - dysarthria - easement - edit - enquire - feast - fellow - foot - fresh - frosting - funny money - guck - invisible ink - leg before wicket - lens - letter of marque - linking - make - monocline - musician - NAND - natural - nor - or - passivate - patch - periglacial - periphrasis - periscope - pig - plight - prima facie - prop - road - scotoma - search

Forum discussions with the word(s) "otherwise" in the title:

'Otherwise' as conjunction
"in an otherwise mean" and "the unwieldy inheritance"
"Otherwise"
"who else...." or "who otherwise...."？
and otherwise
and otherwise/or otherwise?
as long as ~ otherwise
as otherwise
beyond the two-week limit that otherwise prevails
but not otherwise
but otherwise
Couldn't outshine this otherwise very successful evening
Events which are still to come. How to say otherwise?
except if .. otherwise
for all his pretensions otherwise
he said will result in a cost of about $400 million less than it might be otherwise
He would have gone round the twist otherwise
how wonderful it was going to be to have things otherwise
I mean upon a point on which it is not otherwise perfectly clear that
if not explicitly stated otherwise
if not/otherwise
if otherwise
If specific expenditures would otherwise require prior appro
If the benefits .., if otherwise,... [using "otherwise"]
in an otherwise
might otherwise
no otherwise / not otherwise
No otherwise qualified
not otherwise material (insurance policy)
Otherwise
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