otherwisen.adv.adj.

eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) iii. xii. 194 Ac hit feorr on oðre wisan wæs.

eOE Cleopatra Gloss. in W. G. Stryker Lat.-Old Eng. Gloss. in MS Cotton Cleopatra A.III (Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ.) (1951) 71 Aliter, on ænige oðre wisan.

eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) xxxix. 132 We ongitað hwilum [mon] on oðre wisan, on oðre hine God ongit.

OE Ælfric Gram. (St. John's Oxf.) 291 Sume sind positvrae, þa sind on oðre wison [c1225 Worcester on oþre wisen] gehatene distinctiones.

OE Rule St. Benet (Corpus Cambr.) 23 Nis butan tweon to understandenne se upstige and se niþerstige on nane oþere wisan.

OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) iii. i. 130 (in figure) Gyf hwylc man hyt on oðer wisan gedeð, he fleardað to gewisse.

c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 51 Ne chastie ȝe na swuch mon neauer on oþer wise.

a1300 (c1275) Physiologus (1991) 331 Ðis wirm bitokneð ðe man ðat oðer biswikeð on stede er on stalle, stille er lude, in mot er in market er oni oðer wise.

1348 in C. Welch Hist. Pewterers of London (1902) I. 3 (MED) That merchandice to be solde for suche as it is and non othir wise.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 3887 Þat mai be nanoþer wis.

c1430 (c1380) G. Chaucer Parl. Fowls 654 It may non otherwise betyde.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 171 Perauenture summen wolen in other wise seie.

a1475 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (Laud) (1885) 114 (MED) Thair wyfes and childeren gone bare fote; thai mowe in non oþer wyse leve.

a1500 ( Vision E. Leversedge in Notes & Queries Somerset & Dorset (1905) 9 25 The seid orrible and innumerable companey of deuelis wer non otherwise arayd..but aftir the aray that thees galantes..now ondayes unsune.

?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman ii. iv. sig. X.iijj She ought to loue hym none other wyse than her selfe.

1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 6 Could you sing it no other wise?

1623 J. Webster Dutchesse of Malfy iii. v. sig. H3^v No otherwise, Then as some curious Artist, takes in sunder A Clocke, or Watch, when it is out of frame To bring't in better order.

1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis xi. 114 He had been among the Malabars, where if he should have gulphed or have drunk any otherwise, he might have had his throat cut.

1675 R. Baxter Catholick Theol. ii. i. 13 We can think no otherwise of the Divine Conceptions and Volitions, but as we are led by the analogy of humane acts.

1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet iii. 330 The difficulty of..Breathing, occasion'd by Schirrosities of the Glands, is not to be cur'd any otherwise than by Extirpation.

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 60 To be led any otherwise than blindly. View more context for this quotation

1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility III. viii. 150 The strangeness of such a visit, and of such manners, seemed no otherwise intelligible. View more context for this quotation

1842 E. S. Abdy tr. R. von Falkenstein Water Cure (1843) i. 1 A slight pain, which I could no otherwise describe than as the sensation of a slight dislocation.

1891 J. E. Walker Blessed Dead in Paradise iii. 97 It is certain..that higher life in Paradise must, surely, be vastly more rich in opportunities for the use of faculties and energies to which this life may be wholly strange... At least, we cannot in our present condition conceive any otherwise.

1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. IV. xi. 154 Some one O' the hundred otherwises.

1982 National Assembly Official Rep. (Republic of Kenya) 7 Oct. 339 There was an askari there with a gun ready and he pointed it at me and I had no otherwise but to go.

2019 Daily Nation (Kenya) (Nexis) 8 Jan. We will have no otherwise but to select new players since we don't have sponsors to sustain big pay.

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 396 (MED) He gaf hem answere a-gayn þat god it [sc. a child] him sent; oþer-wise wist non where he it founde.

1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. xvi. 94 The best men otherwise are not alwayes the best in regard of societie.

1647 Bp. J. Taylor Disc. Liberty of Prophesying in Wks. (1836) II. 371 By the report of persons otherwise pious and prudent.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 24 Having otherwise no reason to suspect them.

1857 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. I. ii. 45 I will give one instance of this from an otherwise sensible writer.

1889 ‘M. Twain’ Connecticut Yankee xxv. 324 He knew somewhat about the warfare of the time—bushwacking around for ogres, and bull-fights in the tournament ring, and such things—but otherwise he was empty and useless.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvii. [Ithaca] 687 Was the narration otherwise unaltered by modifications? Absolutely.

1952 G. Vidal Judgm. of Paris ii. i. 19 The streets otherwise were discouragingly familiar.

1992 M. Medved Hollywood vs. Amer. ii. v. 76 The religious overtones in these movies most certainly contributed to their prestige, adding a sense of depth and timelessness to otherwise simple stories.

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. 2182 For otherwise he scholde have failed If that he hadde noght travailed.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) 23505 (MED) Oþerwise is not synne forȝyuen But to bete hit whil we may lyuen.

1449 Rolls of Parl. V. 145/2 Provided alway, that any manere of Graunt..either for terme of life, for terme of yeres, or otherwise extende not..for eny paiement or levie to be hade of this same Subsidies.

a1450 (?c1421) J. Lydgate Siege Thebes (Arun.) (1911) 3724 (MED) This wold he don..And other-wise he wil non ende make with the Grekys.

a1500 (a1400) Sir Amadace (Adv.) (1810) 656 (MED) Ye schall dwell with yor broder here And soiorne with yor trew fere, All his yores thoff hit were more; Oderwyse skyft wyll not wee Bot at yor wyll schall hit bee.

1552 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16279) Administr. Lordes Supper sig. N.iii^v Otherwise the receiuing of the holy Communion, doth nothing els but encreace youre damnacion.

1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie xviii. 128 Badge, madge, fadge, where d is necessarie bycause otherwise, a, wold sound long and sharp, as in page, rage, age, asswage.

1611 Bible (King James) Matt. vi. 1 Take heed that ye doe not your almes before men,..otherwise yee haue no reward of your father which is in heauen. View more context for this quotation

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxviii. 166 Otherwise, he is bound onely in honour, to acknowledgement, and an endeavour of requitall.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. x. 143 By this Defect they are deprived of the only Entertainment whereof they might otherwise be capable.

1790 Coll. Voy. round World V. x. 1685 Enabled them to perform a journey of three or four leagues, which, otherwise, they must have perished before they could have accomplished.

1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles xxxii. 441 We learn, what perhaps otherwise we might have guessed.

1872 T. Hardy Under Greenwood Tree ii. vii. 3 A considerable quantity of spontaneous chat that would otherwise have burst from young Dewy along the drive homeward.

1952 B. Pym Excellent Women ii. 14 Women did not tend to fuss over him as they might otherwise have done.

1988 in R. Dinnage One to One 145 I'm very glad someone gave me the push to do that. I might not have done it otherwise.

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) Prol. 984 (MED) Bot other wise, if a man were Mad al togedre of o matiere..Ther scholde no corrupcioun Engendre upon that unite.

1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Bij^v A skilful artificer, mai y^e soner put the vayne Sophister to silence..Wheras otherwise an argument made by the rules of Logique cannot be auoyded.

1673 Vain Insolency of Rome 35 And otherwise the people could observe him advanced..a cubit above the earth.

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. C2^v 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.

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) Prol. 240 (MED) Thus cam ferst to mannes Ere the feith of Crist..Thurgh hem that thanne weren goode..Bot now men sein is otherwise.

c1415 (c1390) G. Chaucer Melibeus (Lansd.) (1872) §2255 Whan þe þinge semeþ oþerewise þan it semed a-forne.

c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn 335 (MED) Yf yee eylid eny thing othir-wise þen good, Trewly it wold chaunge my chere.

a1500 (?a1400) Sir Torrent of Portyngale (1887) 632 (MED) In fowre quartyres he hym fownd, For other wyse wase yt nowght.

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxx. 238 I byleue the mater be other wyse than he hath sayd.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxiv. 231 That is otherwise, for the good maker or poet who is in decent speach,..ought to know the comelinesse of an action aswell as of a word & thereby direct himselfe..to the Oratours arte.

1651 T. Hobbes Philos. Rudim. v. 77 Among men the case is otherwise.

c1680 E. Hickeringill Hist. Whiggism i, in Wks. (1716) I. 20 Scholars are like other Men, some are wise, and some are otherwise.

1736 World Unmasked 380 The matter is quite otherwise.

1782 J. H. St. J. de Crèvecoeur Lett. from Amer. Farmer iii. 70 A traveller in Europe becomes a stranger as soon as he quits his own kingdom, but it is otherwise here... This is every person's country.

1816 J. Austen Emma I. viii. 141 Mr. Elton might not be of an imprudent, inconsiderate disposition as to money-matters; he might naturally be rather attentive than otherwise to them. View more context for this quotation

1844 T. B. Macaulay Speeches 320 Can an Established Church which has no hold on..the people be otherwise than useless?

1899 Daily News 29 Dec. 5/1 Martius's yellow. This substance has many an alias, some alluring, some otherwise.

1915 A. Conan Doyle Valley of Fear i. vi. 102 I find that no noise which MacDonald can make in the study can penetrate to me in the pantry when the doors are all shut. It is otherwise, however, from the housekeeper's room.

1959 Dict. National Biogr. 1941–50 at Lang, Cosmo It was otherwise with King George V.

1982 S. Brett Murder Unprompted ix. 89 ‘Frances, I'm sorry I'm late.’ ‘When were you ever otherwise?’

1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 51 At the table aboue all others their otherwise equals.

1892 D. A. Clarke in A. E. Lee Hist. Columbus II. 650 Stone crosses..give a decided relief to their otherwise dullness.

1992 B. Coote Trade Trap vi. 68 The income they earn from it is likely to be their only source of cash to supplement their otherwise subsistence economy.

1890 J. H. Stirling Gifford Lect. vi. 103 The other, as the difference, the otherwiseness, is just as it is named.

1999 Africa News (Nexis) 9 Apr. The somewhat perverse otherwiseness of forcing their audience to scream ‘Boo!’ as though it were the highest of accolades, epitomises the trio perfectly.