单词 | or otherwise |
释义 | > as lemmasor otherwise 5. or otherwise: (following a noun, adjective, adverb, or verb, to signify a corresponding word, thing, idea, etc., of opposite or alternative meaning) or the converse; or whatever. Also and otherwise: or similar, or the equivalent. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > contrariety [phrase] > or or and otherwise or otherwise1425 1425 Rolls of Parl. IV. 290/1 Grett rayne, and longe abydyng upon the water, be fortune of wederyng or otherwise. 1479 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 426 The Maire and Shiref of Bristowe to kepe theire due residence at the Counter..to sett parties in rest and ease by theire advertysement, compromesse, or otherwise. a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 59/1 Yet was [he] at a pointe in his owne mynde, toke she it wel or otherwise. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xi. 19 Wherein any one most excelled, thereof he tooke a surname, as to be called a Poet Heroick, Lyrick, Elegiack, Epigramatist or otherwise. 1613 F. Beaumont Knight of Burning Pestle i. sig. C2v The..Valiant Knight of the burning Pestle, commanded me to enquire, vpon what aduenture your bound, whether to relieue some distressed Damsels, or otherwise. c1613 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) p. lix Parte went into the towne of Helperby..and their festned a lid-yate in the highway at the towne end of Helperby toward Yorke, with stoks, thorns, and otherwise. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xlii. 300 They..make such Laws for their maintenance, either by Tithes, or otherwise. 1700 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding (new ed.) iv. ii. 321 Ideas, which by reason of their Obscurity or otherwise, are confused. 1779 T. Jefferson Public Papers 356 Whosoever on purpose, shall disfigure another, by cutting out or disabling the tongue, slitting or cutting off a nose, lip, or ear, branding or otherwise, shall be maimed or disfigured in like. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. x. 261 The apparition gave him no time to proceed by exorcism or otherwise. 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick x. 58 I thought he seemed anxious for me to join him; but well knowing what was to follow, I deliberated for a moment whether, in case he invited me, I would comply or otherwise. 1892 Idler May 483 Once on board ship, I tried a course of ‘bits’, pictorial, philosophical, scientific, conundrumistic, and otherwise. 1937 Amer. Jrnl. Public Health 27 322/1 The exhaust fumes of internal combustion engines introduce gases, both malodorous and otherwise, capable of producing nausea, headache, and, in extreme concentrations, death. 1973 Oxf. Times 30 Nov. 10 12,000 Cowley workers enjoyed (or otherwise) an enforced holiday because of a strike by plant attendants at the car assembly factory. 1991 Intermedia Mar. 8/2 The White House PROFS electronic memo/mail system housed records being constantly changed, both legally and otherwise. < as lemmas |
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