otherwise

Adjective Satellite

• other than as supposed or expected
  • "the outcome was otherwise"

Adverb

• in other respects or ways
  • "he is otherwise normal"
  • "the funds are not otherwise available"
  • "an otherwise hopeless situation"
• in another and different manner
  • "she thought otherwise"

Adv

• Differently, in another way.
• In different circumstances; or else.
• In all other respects.

Adj

• Other than supposed; different.

Examples

• Could I do otherwise than smile?
• He lost his temper once in a while. Otherwise he behaved rationally.
• He said he didn’t do it, but the evidence was otherwise.
• It is not permitted to sell or otherwise distribute any copies.
• I’m not well today, otherwise I would have helped.
• Statistics need lots of information, digital and otherwise.
• There was one rotten apple in an otherwise perfect batch.
• You have to open your umbrella, otherwise you'll get wet.
• You may have a point, but I think otherwise.

Synonyms

differently, other than, apart from that, contrarily, contrastingly, else, elsewise, if not

Antonyms

likewise

Anagrams of otherwise