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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

... that fiery meteor, Stonewall Jackson, who was flying through the Shenandoah Valley and the gorges of the Blue Ridge like a cyclone, and General Johnston wished Jackson to so crush his enemy that his troops could be concentrated with his own before Richmond. But the authorities at Richmond thought otherwise. It is true Jackson had been worsted at Kernstown by Shields, but his masterly movements against Banks, Fremont, Siegle, and others, gave him such prestige as to make his name almost indispensable to our army. McDowell, with forty thousand men, ...

— History of Kershaw's Brigade • D. Augustus Dickert

... equally simple. Britain's Empire is like no other Empire in the world in that it lies spread out upon the seven seas. It is essential to her very life that she be able to keep these waterways open to her ships. Otherwise she exists solely upon the sufferance of any nation that can wrest from her the supremacy of the sea. At her will Germany has the right to close against all the world the highways of her empire; the highways of Britain's empire are the open seas which she shares ...

— The Major • Ralph Connor

... Parties pledge themselves to live in peace and friendship for ever; and do further contract, not to make war, or otherwise molest ...

— The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 • Various

... out." They reached the window where Tommy had watched once before, and looking in together saw the room plainly by the light of a lamp which stood on the spinet. There was no one inside, but otherwise Tommy noticed little change. The fire was out, having evidently burned itself done, the bed-clothes were in some disorder. To avoid the creaking door, the boys passed round the back of the house to the window of the other room. This room was without a light, but its door stood open ...

— Sentimental Tommy - The Story of His Boyhood • J. M. Barrie

... be done," he agreed. "Of course, there's another side to the picture. If this race develops and learns, they'll be just as valuable to the galaxy as they would otherwise be dangerous." He ...

— Indirection • Everett B. Cole

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