Otherwise

Definition: Otherwise

Otherwise

Adverb

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".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "otherwise" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Note: Otherwise \Oth"er*wise`\, adverb. [Other wise manner.]. (references)

Satire

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Synonym: Otherwise

Dissimilarity

Adverb: otherwise.

Uniformity

Always, invariably, without exception, without fail, unfailingly, never otherwise; by clockwork.

Warfare

Phrase: the battle rages; a la guerre comme a la guerre; bis peccare in bello non licet; jus gladii; "my voice is still for war"; "'tis well that war is so terrible, otherwise we might grow fond of it"; "my sentence is for open war"; "pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war"; "the cannons have their bowels full of wrath"; "the cannons..spit forth their iron indignation"; "the fire-eyed maid of smoky war"; silent leges inter arma; si vis pacem para bellum.

Crosswords: Otherwise

It's natural, therefore -correct, even - that they should resent us. How could they do otherwise, when we refused to treat them like fellow human beings (M. Butterfly; writing credit: David Henry Hwang.)

Oh, yeah, yeah, there's one. But otherwise, we're solid (Life of Brian; writing credit: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.)

And for my life to come, I would not have it otherwise. (Shakespeare in Love; writing credit: Marc Norman; Tom Stoppard)

Otherwise it's sparkling white wine (Wayne's World; writing credit: Mike Myers)

At least I hope she is. Otherwise I'm in real trouble (Four Weddings and a Funeral; writing credit: Richard Curtis)

Otherwise the bar is ours, (All I Wanna Do; performing artist: Sheryl Crow)

Would brighten an otherwise dull afternoon (In Old Mexico; performing artist: Tom Lehrer)

When you put somebody down, you have to be down there to hold him down. You could soar high otherwise. (references; author: unknown)

Wise or Otherwise (1926)

Otherwise Bill Harrison (1915)

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References

• The World Market for Whole Bovine Hides and Skins Weighing Per Skin Up to 8 Kilograms Dried, 10 Kilograms Dry-Salted, or 14 Kilograms When Fresh, Wet-Salted, or Otherwise Preserved: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Honor Our Flag: How to Care For, Fly and Otherwise Respect the Stars (reference)

• Reflections: Biblical and Otherwise About Sexuality (reference)

• The Prince of the Pond: Otherwise Known As De Fawg Pin (reference)

• The Ultimate Mailbox Book: 30 Delightful Projects to Build, Paint, Stencil, Mosaic and Otherwise Decorate (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• B-Sides & Otherwise (reference)

• Wise & Otherwise (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Pictured are instruments used in endoscopy. They are highlighted in an otherwise dark picture and lying on a textured cloth. Shown are flexible fibers, a small brush and a third instrument in some photos. The fibers transmit high intensity light through the endoscope shown. The brushes are used to take biopsies. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

This image depicts adenovirus. Computer graphics are made by utilizing data fed into a computer. This data may consist of chemical weights and measures and the structure of specific elements. A three-dimensional image can be made so one can visualize an otherwise minute structure. Credit: Dr. Richard Feldmann (photographer).

There may be a row of closely set teeth, or spines on each side of the siphon near the ventral margin, otherwise know as "pectin". Aedes aegypti is a vector for Dengue and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF), as well as Yellow Fever. Credit: CDC.

Cleft foot, otherwise known as ”split”, "lobster claw", or partial adactyly is a rare inherited anomaly in which a single cleft extends proximally into the foot. It usually occurs in conjunction with clawing of the hand. Credit: CDC.

Whistler's Anacapa Island engraving from a William B. McMurtrie sketch The seagulls were added to give life to an otherwise sterile landscape. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Early magnetic profiles from PIONEER surveys Shows repeating pattern and offset at Mendocino Fracture Zone Serendipitous that survey lines primarily east-west Otherwise magnetic striping would not have showed clearly. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Hermissenda, Hermissenda crassicornis, also known as the Opalescent Sea Slug, is found in a variety of habitats including mud flats, rocky shores and wharf pilings. Its body is up to 80 mm long. Its dorsal surface has a single orange stripe and bright "electric blue lines, but otherwise is variable in color. Kodiak to Baja California. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

Diversion terrace in Guthrie County, Iowa. Diversion terraces collect runoff from water above them and safely divert the water away from land that might otherwise be damaged by the runoff. Credit: Lynn Betts.

Cattle may cross the stream at this cattle crossing, but are otherwise fenced out of the stream to improve water quality. Credit: Tim McCabe.

A closeup look at Burke, the latest pinto bean from ARS and university plant scientists. It resists a host of harmful fungi and viruses that can otherwise cheat growers of a bountiful harvest. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

We will do towards Alexander, king of Scots, concerning the return of his sisters and his hostages, and concerning his franchises, and his right, in the same manner as we shall do towards our owher barons of England, unless it ought to be otherwise according to the charters which we hold from William his father, formerly king of Scots; and this shall be according to the judgment of his peers in our court. (reference)

But, it is plain, governments themselves understand it otherwise; they claim no power over the son, because of that they had over the father; nor look on children as being their subjects, by their fathers being so. (Second Treatise of Government)

The Seats of the Senators of the first Class shall be vacated at the Expiration of the second Year, of the second Class at the Expiration of the fourth Year, and of the third Class at the Expiration of the sixth Year, so that one third may be chosen every second Year; and if Vacancies happen by Resignation, or otherwise, during the Recess of the Legislature of any State, the Executive thereof may make temporary Appointments until the next Meeting of the Legislature, which shall then fill such Vacancies. (reference)

Amendment VII. In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law. (reference)

If the Congress, within twenty-one days after receipt of the latter written declaration, or, if Congress is not in session, within twenty-one days after Congress is required to assemble, determines by two-thirds vote of both Houses that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall continue to discharge the same as Acting President; otherwise, the President shall resume the powers and duties of his office. (reference)

Why otherwise does it direct the judges to take an oath to support it? (reference)

This fee shall, unless the Tribunal directs otherwise, be borne by the unsuccessful party. (reference)

The prosecution may not use statements, whether exculpatory or inculpatory, stemming from questioning initiated by law enforcement officers after a person has been taken into custody or otherwise deprived of his freedom of action in any significant way, unless it demonstrates the use of procedural safeguards effective to secure the Fifth Amendment's privilege against self-incrimination. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

It could not be otherwise.

I have a well-deserved reputation for being something of a gadget freak, and am rarely happier than when spending an entire day programming my computer to perform automatically a task that would otherwise take me a good ten seconds to do by hand

These supplied material for petty activity to a mind that would otherwise have been eaten up with rust

It was impossible to extricate him otherwise than by raising the waggon from beneath

A woman is not property, and husbands who think otherwise are living in a dreamworld

But fortune disposed otherwise of me.

Yet till this is otherwise we are not civilized, and, if gentlemen and ladies, are not true men and women

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Health

Syncope can occur in otherwise healthy people. (references)

The physical examination is usually otherwise normal. (references)

In otherwise healthy persons, symptoms may last 2-6 weeks. (references)

Business

Access to the Saudi Arabian market is otherwise virtually unrestricted. (references)

Tenders normally have a 90-day validity period unless otherwise indicated. (references)

Otherwise a proposal is put forward to the Council, which decides by qualified majority. (references)

Children

Nicaragua

It has not legislated or otherwise mandated accessibility to buildings for the disabled. (references)

Indonesia

Street children sell newspapers, shine shoes, help to park or watch cars, and otherwise attempt to earn money. (references)

Australia

The Commissioner also promotes implementation and enforcement of state laws that require equal access and otherwise protect the rights of persons with disabilities. (references)

Civil Liberties

Poland

The law allows for the prosecution of citizens who publish or otherwise betray state secrets. (references)

Hong Kong

In practice, demonstrators can assume "no objection" if they are not notified otherwise by 48 hours in advance of the planned demonstration. (references)

Kuwait

The procedures for the registration and licensing of religious groups also appear to be connected with government restrictions on NGO's, religious or otherwise. (references)

Economic History

Hong Kong

Note: All Figures in US$ millions unless otherwise indicated. (references)

Pakistan

Data are in millions of U.S. dollars, unless otherwise noted. (references)

Slovak Rep

All figures are in millions of U.S. dollars unless otherwise stated. (references)

Human Rights

Iran

Female prisoners reportedly have been raped or otherwise tortured while in detention. (references)

Tunisia

No prison guards or other officials were prosecuted or otherwise disciplined or sanctioned. (references)

United Kingdom

The armed forces have a procedure to handle complaints of harassment, racial and otherwise. (references)

Indigenous People

Colombia

These boards administer their territories as municipal entities, with officials elected or otherwise chosen according to tradition. (references)

Peru

Both AIDESEP and CONAP are critical of the 1995 land law, which permits Amazonian land to be bought and sold if no one is living on it or otherwise making use of it. Sendero Luminoso continued to be a leading violator of the rights of indigenous people. (references)

Malaysia

However, in practice federal laws pertaining to indigenous people of the peninsular region known as the Orang Asli vest almost total power in the Minister for Rural Development (who oversees the Department of Orang Asli Affairs) to protect, control, and otherwise decide issues concerning this group. (references)

Minorities

Bhutan

Human rights groups allege that these provisions were used widely to revoke the citizenship of ethnic Nepalese who subsequently were expelled or otherwise departed from the country. (references)

Cote d'Ivoire

Traditional indigenous religions commonly involve belief in one supreme deity as well as lesser deities or spirits that are to be praised or appeased, some of whom in some religions may be believed to inhabit or otherwise be associated with particular places, natural objects, or man-made images. (references)

Croatia

Denials frequently were based on Article 26 of the Citizenship Law (which stipulates that citizenship can be denied to persons otherwise qualified for reasons of national interest) and Article 8 (which requires that a person's actions demonstrate that they are "attached to the legal system and customs of Croatia" and that they have maintained a permanent residence on the territory of Croatia for the 5 years preceding the application for citizenship). (references)

Political Economy

Indonesia

They also abducted and otherwise harassed such persons. (references)

Nicaragua

Police continued to beat and otherwise abuse detainees. (references)

Albania

Police beat and otherwise abused suspects, detainees, and prisoners. (references)

Political Rights

Mali

The percentage of women and minorities in government or politics does not correspond to their percentage of the population; however, there are no restrictions, legal or otherwise, on voting by women or minorities. (references)

Peru

In September another congressional committee initiated proceedings to charge several ministers of Fujimori's administration with treason for endorsing various secret resolutions under which substandard arms were purchased, although the ministers otherwise appeared to have had no vote in the acquisitions and not to have personally benefited. (references)

Kyrgyz Republic

The Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE/ODIHR) stated that "international standards for equal, free, fair, and accountable elections were not met." The Government took steps to disqualify otherwise qualified candidates by charging and convicting them on questionable criminal charges. (references)

Trade

Spain

Otherwise, a customs duty is likely to be levied on the sample. (references)

Yemen

Imported equipment will be taxed if sold or otherwise left in Yemen. (references)

Zambia

Prohibited Imports: There are no prohibited imports of otherwise legal goods. (references)

Travel

Uk

Repairs are underway and the overall safety record is otherwise good. (references)

Latvia

The speed limit is 50 km/hr in towns, and 90 km/hr on the open road, unless otherwise marked. (references)

Philippines

A guest does not order the most expensive items on the menu, unless the host insists otherwise. (references)

Women

Cuba

Prostitution is legal for persons over 17 years of age; however, pandering or otherwise benefiting from prostitution is a felony. (references)

United Arab Emirates

A woman's property is not otherwise commingled with that of her husband, and she retains control of her separate property during the marriage. (references)

Namibia

Reports continued that women were kidnaped, raped, or otherwise abused by armed men along the border with Angola in the Kavango and Caprivi regions. (references)

Worker Rights

United Kingdom

Previously it was legal for employers to withhold fringe benefits otherwise available to nonunion employees. (references)

Belarus

The Criminal Code also criminalizes the hiring of individuals in order to exploit them sexually or otherwise. (references)

Israel and the occupied territories

Unions must provide 15 days' notice prior to a strike unless otherwise specified in the collective bargaining agreement. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "otherwise": ad otherwise ♦ except when otherwise provided in ♦ issue otherwise than for cash ♦ never otherwise ♦ or otherwise ♦ rather than otherwise ♦ the true is quite otherwise ♦ think otherwise ♦ unless otherwise provided in ♦ unless otherwise stated. Additional references.

Beginning with "otherwise": otherwise-clean, otherwise-minded, otherwise-that.

Ending with "otherwise": angry-and-otherwise, impossible-to-be-otherwise.

Afrikaans

inteendeel (on the contrary). (various references)

Albanian

përndryshe, ndryshe (alias, differently, dissimilarly, diversely, or else, other), në rastin e kundërt, i ndryshëm (alias, another, assorted, different, disparate, dissimilar, distinct, divergent, diverse, new, other, sundry, unlike, variant, various). (various references)

Arabic 

‏من ناحية أخرى (further, furthermore, moreover, on the other hand), ‏وإلا (or else), ‏بوجه آخر, ‏بطريقة أخرى (do it another way, else), ‏بصورة مختلفة. (various references)

Bulgarian 

различен (another, different, discrepant, dissimilar, distinct, divergent, diverse, diversified, other, removed, several, variant, varied), в противен случай, в друго отношение, иначе (differently, or else, other), другояче (differently, or else, other), друг (another, different, diverse, else, new, other, wrong). (various references)

Chinese 

要部然 , 要不然 (or, or else), 要不 (or, or else), 不然的話 , 不然 (if not, no, not so, or else), 否則 (else, if not, or else), 否则. (various references)

Czech

sice, jinde (elsewhere, in another place), jinak (differently, or, or else). (various references)

Danish

tværtimod (on the contrary). (various references)

Dutch

op een andere wijze, op een andere manier (differently, in another way), integendeel (on the contrary), ertegenover (on the contrary), daarentegen (all the time, in the meantime, meanwhile, on the contrary), anderszins, anders (different, differently, else, in another way), alias (alias, otherwise called). (various references)

Esperanto

kontraŭe (on the contrary), en alia maniero (differently), alinomite (alias, otherwise called), alinome (alias, otherwise called). (various references)

Farsi 

وگرنه , والا (Grand, Haughty, Prominent, Sublime), طوردیگر, درغیراینصورت . (various references)

Finnish

toisin (differently, in a different way), muuten (besides, else, incidentally, or), muulla tavalla, erilaisesti (differently, in a different way, in various ways). (various references)

French

sinon. (various references)

German

sonst (alternatively, another, differently, else, in other ways, or else, oterwise, other, usually), andernfalls (alternatively, differently, else, or else). (various references)

Greek 

αλλιώσ (else), αλλιώτικα, αλλιώς (else), διαφορετικά (differently). (various references)

Hebrew 

ולא (and if not, else, or else), אחרת (else, in a different manner). (various references)

Hungarian

másképp (other), egyébként (again, for another thing, from that matter, incidentally). (various references)

Indonesian

sebaliknya (on the contrary, on the other hand, opposite, ought, the other way, vice versa). (various references)

Italian

in caso contrario (else, or else). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

若しくは (or), 然も無いと (else, if not so), 然もないと (else, if not so), その他 (etc.), 又は (or). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

そのほか (besides, in addition, the rest), または (or), さもないと (else, if not so), もしくは (or). (various references)

Korean 

그렇지 않으면. (various references)

Manx

ny yei (abaft, after, after him, after time, anyrate; succeeding, ensuing, however), er nonney (or else), er aght elley (alternatively, in another connection). (various references)

Pig Latin

otherwiseay.(various references)

Polish

przeciwnie (on the contrary). (various references)

Portuguese

variado (assorted, different, diverse, farraginous, miscellaneous, multifarious, parti-colored, parti-coloured, party-colored, party-coloured, varied, variegated, various), senão (but, either, else, or, other, than, unless, without), pelocontrário, emfrente, diverso (another, different, diverse, else, farraginous, medley, miscellaneous, other, unlike, varied, variegated, various), diferente (another, different, disparate, dissimilar, distinct, diverse, else, other, unlike, variant, varied, various), de outro modo (contrariwise, either, else, other), de outra maneira, de maneira diferente, caso contrário, aocontrário. (various references)

Romanian

sau (and, or, or else), prin alte mijloace, diferit (alien, different, differently, dissimilar, distinct, divers, diverse, manifold, medley, several, sundry, unlike, varied, various), de nu, dacã nu (but that, if not, only, only that, or, save, unless, without), altminteri (else, or), altfel (different, differently, else, or), altcum (differently, else), alias (alias), în alte privinţe. (various references)

Russian 

в противном случае. (various references)

Scottish

no (a man, else, if not : fear no bean, neither, nor, or), neo , air neo, neo (or else. See <A HREF="mf09.html#no">no</A>), air-neo. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

inače, drugačije (other). (various references)

Spanish

de otra manera (differently, else, in another way, on the other hand), de lo contrario. (various references)

Swedish

på annat sätt, annars (else, if not, or else, usually). (various references)

Thai

มิฉะนั้น. (various references)

Turkish

yoksa (else, except, nisi, or, or else), farklı (a far cry, a far cry from, another, different, discrete, disparate, dissimilar, distinct, divergent, diverse, divided, hetero-, incompatible, incongruous, unlike, variant, varied), diğer taraftan (conversely, moreover, on the other hand), bunun dışında (for the rest, other than this), bilakís (on the contrary), başkaca (besides), başka türlü (else, other), başka konuyla, başka (another, apart from, barring, beside, but, different, distinct, else, except, excepting, forth, hetero-, other, other than, save, saving), ayrıca (additionally, again, also, besides, beyond, else, extra, farther, further, furthermore, in addition to, into the bargain, item, likewise, on the side, over and above, then again, thereto, to boot, withal, yea), aksi halde (else, failing this, if not, nisi, or else), aksíne (on the contrary). (various references)

Turkmen 

яogsa (or else), baюgaзa (differently). (various references)

Ukrainian

інший (another, different, else, new, other, other than, otherguess, otherways, the other, yonder), іншим способом (otherways), інакше (alias, anew, differently, else, newly, or else, other, othergates, otherways), бо (because, for, otherways), протилежний (adverse, alien from, contrary, converse, counter, opponent, opposite, otherways, reverse), по-іншому (other, othergates, otherways). (various references)

Vietnamese 

về mặt khác, khác (different, differently, else, other, unlike), cách khác nếu không thì... mặt khác. (various references)

Welsh

onide (else, is it not?), ynteu (or, or else, then), amgen (better, different, else, other). (various references)

alias, alibi, alioqui, alioquin, aliter, alter, cetera, ceteraque, cetero, ceterum, contra, contraque, secus. (various references)

elcor, elles. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Misspellings

"Otherwise" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: otherise, otherised, Rotherwas, Rotherwick. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: isothere, theories, theorise, worthies.

-2 letters: heister, heriots, heteros, hoister, shortie, showier, swither, thewier, towhees, wethers, whereto, withers, writhes.

-3 letters: either, ethers, hereto, heriot, heroes, hetero, hewers, horste, hosier, others, reshoe, reshot, reshow, resite, reties, rewets, rowths, shewer, shower, soiree, sortie, stereo, swithe, theirs, theres, threes, throes, throws, tories, towers, towhee, towies, triose, twiers.

+2 letters: otherwhiles, overweights, somewhither.

+3 letters: worthinesses.

+4 letters: growthinesses, seaworthiness, whistleblower, whithersoever.

+5 letters: counterweights, newsworthiness, noteworthiness, unworthinesses, whistleblowers, whortleberries, wordsmitheries, worthwhileness.