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Definition of otherwise in English: otherwiseadverb ˈʌðəwʌɪzˈəðərˌwaɪz 1In circumstances different from those present or considered; or else. the collection is a good draw that brings visitors who might not come otherwise I'm not motivated by money, otherwise I would have quit Example sentencesExamples - Although his record otherwise would make him attractive, getting another college job might be a challenge in the current climate.
- The beneficial effects of therapy serve to reduce the respondent's liability in respect of what would otherwise be continuing symptoms.
- In some sceptical quarters of England's northeast this building was symbolic of a waste of money that could otherwise have been spent on hospitals.
- For example, they suggest exploiting valuations to hoodwink banks into lending you more money than they otherwise would.
- These have increased as the US downturn deepened, with subsidiaries in Ireland sending more money back than otherwise would have been the case.
- A spokesperson said that the policy would have little adverse financial effect, as it would save money otherwise spent on recruiting new staff.
- Does it take up too much money, money that would otherwise be there for food and clothing, other things?
- Work-study enables many students to attend college who otherwise couldn't.
- But you know and I know he's going to give it the old college try, otherwise where is our movie?
- We take the written work and copy it without the author's consent, so that we are literally taking from him the money he might otherwise have been paid for it.
- They invited her to come and live with them and go to college, an opportunity she might otherwise never have had.
- I have to get this out before I start working otherwise I'll totally forget.
- And it's not enough for residents of the Golden Triangle to have money, they must be seen to have money - otherwise, what's the point?
- However, some families are calling a halt to the festive excesses and donating money otherwise spent on cards or presents to a good cause.
- We need everyone to help out as much as they can because otherwise this all falls apart.
- The things that bring people here are still bigger than the things that might otherwise keep them apart.
- We amateurs wouldn't have the time or money to record, otherwise.
- That's very important for people to understand because otherwise they'll think that college is out of reach.
- We are appealing to the promoter to refund us our money now, otherwise we will be taking the matter further.
- She said that mayors needed to sign agreements for restoration projects fast, otherwise the money would be returned to the national budget.
- He warned the affiliated colleges to follow rules and regulations otherwise their recognition would be nullified.
- The teacher said parents of any child who wants to enter the kindergarten must have a college education, otherwise, they would not be enrolled.
- According to the new regulation, I need to visit the police office to hand in the money; otherwise the fine will be 30,000 RMB.
- By producing enough maize for instance, the economy would be saving money it would otherwise use to import food to meet the shortfall.
- We were taught to respect him, otherwise you are in trouble.
- I might have gone to college or university otherwise, and my life path would have been different.
- The hotels have to make money as well, otherwise the jobs will be lost.
- I would prefer instead to create my own small business with the money that would otherwise go into the pockets of corrupt officials.
- I could not emphasise sufficiently that it would be totally wrong otherwise.
2In other respects; apart from that. an otherwise totally black cat with a single white whisker Example sentencesExamples - It's a little bit of good news in what has been an otherwise bad seven days.
- And really, there has to be something more interesting with which to fill your otherwise empty weekend nights.
- And, in my view, he is very convincing, giving the greatest performance of his otherwise inflated career.
- But maybe the reporter is one of those, and the event strikes him as an aberration during an otherwise civilised conflict?
- Our lanky cat, who is two years old and in all respects healthy otherwise, is very skinny.
- But what it is doing is totally alienating otherwise law-abiding citizens and turning them into criminals.
- This may be related to variable proportions of mantle-derived material in an otherwise similar source, or it may reflect melting of different source rocks.
- They would grace our otherwise cluttered shelves.
- In my opinion, this ultimate irrationality undermined the movement, its impact and its otherwise noble causes.
- He seemed totally normal otherwise and expected me to be as well.
- And at night the procession of lighted carriages dashing through the otherwise dark and quiet countryside was a sight to behold.
- They were, as one Army officer put it in March, ‘a glimmer of hope in an otherwise dark place.’
- The laborer unsuccessfully pleaded with the company to reconsider, noting that he was the main breadwinner in his otherwise impoverished family.
- ‘I'm only human,’ he whines, thereby denigrating the rest of his otherwise noble species.
- He took a set off him and broke his serve that otherwise appears totally impregnable.
- Different colours are frequently used to provide variation in an otherwise monochrome surface.
- Yet in the present struggle, our enemies made three critical mistakes that have for the time being upset their otherwise brilliant plans.
- Three majors was the difference in an otherwise close game.
- The ancient Egyptian civilization relied on the flooding of the Nile to create fertile land for farming in an otherwise desert landscape.
- But I'm willing to overlook small hiccups in an otherwise amazing release.
Synonyms in other respects, in other ways, apart from that 3In a different way. he means mischief—it's no good pretending otherwise all the staff were otherwise engaged Example sentencesExamples - To allow a quick get-away he locked the corpse in a nearby privy so that the servants would think that the king was otherwise engaged.
- As the proprietor was otherwise engaged, I returned to the shop later in the day.
- But the leap is made every second, and we cannot pretend otherwise.
- Well, the grannies and, come to that, the great grannies that I know are otherwise engaged.
- The mental health specialists at the university health service were apparently otherwise engaged.
- It would be difficult to swallow that all those officials in any one club would be otherwise engaged on the same evening.
- The recoveries in Asia, as we all really know - though we pretend otherwise - are very, very tenuous.
- I kind of feel that I shouldn't date at all because it's not fair to the other guys because my feelings are otherwise engaged.
- I suspect most readers will be otherwise engaged tonight as well.
- Unpleasant regulatory surprises have a way of sneaking in the back door when the voting public is otherwise engaged.
- I'm sure he must be able to find a day job to keep him otherwise engaged - he can't need the ten quid that much.
- The roll of honour of those otherwise engaged is long and growing by the day.
- To pretend it was otherwise would be less than candid.
- To pretend otherwise is an exit strategy from reality.
- Nothing gets to me more than being made to wait for attention from someone who is being paid to attend to me but is otherwise engaged in a trivial personal conversation or task.
- I'm glad that my passions have been otherwise engaged, concerned with poetry and art, and with my own small affairs.
- Hardy souls not otherwise engaged may be able to get a fish in one of several sides who are short of anglers.
- And unlike you, I can keep confidences, even when I'm otherwise engaged.
- I would never make it in an opinion columnist's job, as I'm starting to type whilst still undecided and I'm not going to pretend otherwise.
- She said that she wanted to try it with me, meaning to try a committed relationship, and that she didn't want to pretend otherwise or to play any games.
Synonyms differently, in any other way - 3.1 As an alternative.
the Cosa Nostra, otherwise known as the Brotherhood Example sentencesExamples - After many experiments he finally married it successfully with the inert claylite, otherwise known as diatomaceous or infusorial earth.
- Shrove Tuesday otherwise known as Pancake Day prompted Saturday Breakfast to focus our regular How To? segment on making the perfect pancake.
- Unfortunately, recurring musical patterns - otherwise known as loops - start to get annoying after a while, especially if they go on and on and on.
- These power stations are naturally being promoted as green alternatives, otherwise known as biomass.
- In their own version of pillow-fighting on a greasy pole, otherwise known as battle of the egos, they have been slugging it out.
- Fascinated by what they had seen, the pair researched the sighting and believe it was the humming bird hawk-moth, otherwise known as Marcogloass stellatarum.
- Lurking in television studios, these arbiters of public taste, otherwise known as commissioning editors, are renewing their crusade to turn our brains to mush.
- A small but growing number of businesses are hiring people to write blogs, otherwise known as Web logs, or frequently updated online journals.
- In that world where hope springs eternal, otherwise known as the pub, today should have been the most triumphant day in the nation's glorious sporting history.
- But, for Brown, the key area of company growth now lies in disaster recovery facilities - otherwise known as business continuity.
- Possibly what the radio of the future will be like: downloadable programmes that can be listened to at your leisure, otherwise known as podcasting.
- The first thing to do is to measure the distance between your ischial bones, otherwise known as your sit bones, which make up part of the pelvic girdle.
- The often premature fish death is met with a mixture of concern, wonder and further investigation, otherwise known as a valuable learning experience that will now be denied.
- It means ‘artificial nutrition and hydration’ - otherwise known as feeding through a tube, or hydrating through a drip in the arm.
- The imminent arrival of January's annual pain in the wallet, otherwise known as the electricity bill, is an example of the mundane logistics of life that are preoccupying me.
- Vending machines, otherwise known as ‘automatic retailing’ machines, have a long history.
- He'd bought an old double-ended fishboat called the Zowie, and they were going beachcombing, otherwise known as log salvaging.
- The Effective Tax Rate, otherwise known as What People Actually Pay, wasn't really much different from what it is now.
- One of the important issues discussed in Grenada had to do with the Caribbean Single Market and Economy, otherwise known as the CSME.
- It was - and is - a compelling testament to the power of citizenship, otherwise known as strength in numbers.
Synonyms on the other hand, as an alternative, or, as another option, as a substitute, as a replacement
adjective ˈʌðəwʌɪzˈəðərˌwaɪz predicative In a different state or situation. I would that it were otherwise
Phrases Indicating the opposite of or a contrast to something stated. we don't want a president, elected or otherwise Example sentencesExamples - At least for those who do sell - willingly or otherwise - there will be no dealing costs.
- But increasingly it seems that there is no plan of any kind, cunning or otherwise.
- I don't think the surprise or otherwise of the ending is particularly relevant, in that sense.
- I am yet to meet a man, in a partnership or otherwise, who doesn't exert total domination of this device.
- Possession or otherwise of an ID card would make not the slightest difference.
- I haven't seen either show yet, so I will not comment on their respective merits or otherwise.
- We can't, here and now, establish the truth or otherwise of the Oedipus complex.
- Success or otherwise will be down to their accumulated wisdom and experience and we have to help them find that.
- Heck, it's not that easy to reduce this show to a string of phrases, pithy or otherwise.
- He added that no other copies of the book, perfect or otherwise, were known to exist anywhere else in the world.
Origin Old English on ōthre wisan (see other, wise2). Definition of otherwise in US English: otherwiseadverbˈəðərˌwaɪzˈəT͟Hərˌwīz 1In circumstances different from those present or considered; or else. the collection brings visitors who might not come to the college otherwise I'm not motivated by money, otherwise I would have quit Example sentencesExamples - We amateurs wouldn't have the time or money to record, otherwise.
- These have increased as the US downturn deepened, with subsidiaries in Ireland sending more money back than otherwise would have been the case.
- We need everyone to help out as much as they can because otherwise this all falls apart.
- However, some families are calling a halt to the festive excesses and donating money otherwise spent on cards or presents to a good cause.
- The teacher said parents of any child who wants to enter the kindergarten must have a college education, otherwise, they would not be enrolled.
- For example, they suggest exploiting valuations to hoodwink banks into lending you more money than they otherwise would.
- I would prefer instead to create my own small business with the money that would otherwise go into the pockets of corrupt officials.
- The things that bring people here are still bigger than the things that might otherwise keep them apart.
- Does it take up too much money, money that would otherwise be there for food and clothing, other things?
- We are appealing to the promoter to refund us our money now, otherwise we will be taking the matter further.
- But you know and I know he's going to give it the old college try, otherwise where is our movie?
- In some sceptical quarters of England's northeast this building was symbolic of a waste of money that could otherwise have been spent on hospitals.
- And it's not enough for residents of the Golden Triangle to have money, they must be seen to have money - otherwise, what's the point?
- I have to get this out before I start working otherwise I'll totally forget.
- That's very important for people to understand because otherwise they'll think that college is out of reach.
- The hotels have to make money as well, otherwise the jobs will be lost.
- He warned the affiliated colleges to follow rules and regulations otherwise their recognition would be nullified.
- We take the written work and copy it without the author's consent, so that we are literally taking from him the money he might otherwise have been paid for it.
- Although his record otherwise would make him attractive, getting another college job might be a challenge in the current climate.
- She said that mayors needed to sign agreements for restoration projects fast, otherwise the money would be returned to the national budget.
- They invited her to come and live with them and go to college, an opportunity she might otherwise never have had.
- We were taught to respect him, otherwise you are in trouble.
- By producing enough maize for instance, the economy would be saving money it would otherwise use to import food to meet the shortfall.
- I might have gone to college or university otherwise, and my life path would have been different.
- I could not emphasise sufficiently that it would be totally wrong otherwise.
- The beneficial effects of therapy serve to reduce the respondent's liability in respect of what would otherwise be continuing symptoms.
- According to the new regulation, I need to visit the police office to hand in the money; otherwise the fine will be 30,000 RMB.
- A spokesperson said that the policy would have little adverse financial effect, as it would save money otherwise spent on recruiting new staff.
- Work-study enables many students to attend college who otherwise couldn't.
2In other respects; apart from that. an otherwise totally black cat with a single white whisker Example sentencesExamples - Three majors was the difference in an otherwise close game.
- And really, there has to be something more interesting with which to fill your otherwise empty weekend nights.
- He seemed totally normal otherwise and expected me to be as well.
- This may be related to variable proportions of mantle-derived material in an otherwise similar source, or it may reflect melting of different source rocks.
- Our lanky cat, who is two years old and in all respects healthy otherwise, is very skinny.
- Different colours are frequently used to provide variation in an otherwise monochrome surface.
- The laborer unsuccessfully pleaded with the company to reconsider, noting that he was the main breadwinner in his otherwise impoverished family.
- They would grace our otherwise cluttered shelves.
- But what it is doing is totally alienating otherwise law-abiding citizens and turning them into criminals.
- Yet in the present struggle, our enemies made three critical mistakes that have for the time being upset their otherwise brilliant plans.
- He took a set off him and broke his serve that otherwise appears totally impregnable.
- It's a little bit of good news in what has been an otherwise bad seven days.
- In my opinion, this ultimate irrationality undermined the movement, its impact and its otherwise noble causes.
- ‘I'm only human,’ he whines, thereby denigrating the rest of his otherwise noble species.
- But I'm willing to overlook small hiccups in an otherwise amazing release.
- The ancient Egyptian civilization relied on the flooding of the Nile to create fertile land for farming in an otherwise desert landscape.
- But maybe the reporter is one of those, and the event strikes him as an aberration during an otherwise civilised conflict?
- And, in my view, he is very convincing, giving the greatest performance of his otherwise inflated career.
- And at night the procession of lighted carriages dashing through the otherwise dark and quiet countryside was a sight to behold.
- They were, as one Army officer put it in March, ‘a glimmer of hope in an otherwise dark place.’
Synonyms in other respects, in other ways, apart from that 3In a different way. he means mischief—it's no good pretending otherwise pretending that they are otherwise engaged Example sentencesExamples - To pretend it was otherwise would be less than candid.
- I kind of feel that I shouldn't date at all because it's not fair to the other guys because my feelings are otherwise engaged.
- She said that she wanted to try it with me, meaning to try a committed relationship, and that she didn't want to pretend otherwise or to play any games.
- To allow a quick get-away he locked the corpse in a nearby privy so that the servants would think that the king was otherwise engaged.
- The mental health specialists at the university health service were apparently otherwise engaged.
- The roll of honour of those otherwise engaged is long and growing by the day.
- As the proprietor was otherwise engaged, I returned to the shop later in the day.
- I'm sure he must be able to find a day job to keep him otherwise engaged - he can't need the ten quid that much.
- I suspect most readers will be otherwise engaged tonight as well.
- But the leap is made every second, and we cannot pretend otherwise.
- And unlike you, I can keep confidences, even when I'm otherwise engaged.
- Unpleasant regulatory surprises have a way of sneaking in the back door when the voting public is otherwise engaged.
- To pretend otherwise is an exit strategy from reality.
- It would be difficult to swallow that all those officials in any one club would be otherwise engaged on the same evening.
- I would never make it in an opinion columnist's job, as I'm starting to type whilst still undecided and I'm not going to pretend otherwise.
- Well, the grannies and, come to that, the great grannies that I know are otherwise engaged.
- Nothing gets to me more than being made to wait for attention from someone who is being paid to attend to me but is otherwise engaged in a trivial personal conversation or task.
- The recoveries in Asia, as we all really know - though we pretend otherwise - are very, very tenuous.
- I'm glad that my passions have been otherwise engaged, concerned with poetry and art, and with my own small affairs.
- Hardy souls not otherwise engaged may be able to get a fish in one of several sides who are short of anglers.
Synonyms differently, in any other way - 3.1 As an alternative.
pre-Renaissance mathematician Leonardo Pisano, otherwise known as Fibonacci Example sentencesExamples - In that world where hope springs eternal, otherwise known as the pub, today should have been the most triumphant day in the nation's glorious sporting history.
- These power stations are naturally being promoted as green alternatives, otherwise known as biomass.
- He'd bought an old double-ended fishboat called the Zowie, and they were going beachcombing, otherwise known as log salvaging.
- The imminent arrival of January's annual pain in the wallet, otherwise known as the electricity bill, is an example of the mundane logistics of life that are preoccupying me.
- The often premature fish death is met with a mixture of concern, wonder and further investigation, otherwise known as a valuable learning experience that will now be denied.
- But, for Brown, the key area of company growth now lies in disaster recovery facilities - otherwise known as business continuity.
- Fascinated by what they had seen, the pair researched the sighting and believe it was the humming bird hawk-moth, otherwise known as Marcogloass stellatarum.
- The Effective Tax Rate, otherwise known as What People Actually Pay, wasn't really much different from what it is now.
- Lurking in television studios, these arbiters of public taste, otherwise known as commissioning editors, are renewing their crusade to turn our brains to mush.
- One of the important issues discussed in Grenada had to do with the Caribbean Single Market and Economy, otherwise known as the CSME.
- Unfortunately, recurring musical patterns - otherwise known as loops - start to get annoying after a while, especially if they go on and on and on.
- It was - and is - a compelling testament to the power of citizenship, otherwise known as strength in numbers.
- Shrove Tuesday otherwise known as Pancake Day prompted Saturday Breakfast to focus our regular How To? segment on making the perfect pancake.
- In their own version of pillow-fighting on a greasy pole, otherwise known as battle of the egos, they have been slugging it out.
- A small but growing number of businesses are hiring people to write blogs, otherwise known as Web logs, or frequently updated online journals.
- The first thing to do is to measure the distance between your ischial bones, otherwise known as your sit bones, which make up part of the pelvic girdle.
- Vending machines, otherwise known as ‘automatic retailing’ machines, have a long history.
- Possibly what the radio of the future will be like: downloadable programmes that can be listened to at your leisure, otherwise known as podcasting.
- It means ‘artificial nutrition and hydration’ - otherwise known as feeding through a tube, or hydrating through a drip in the arm.
- After many experiments he finally married it successfully with the inert claylite, otherwise known as diatomaceous or infusorial earth.
Synonyms on the other hand, as an alternative, or, as another option, as a substitute, as a replacement
adjectiveˈəðərˌwaɪzˈəT͟Hərˌwīz predicative In a different state or situation. if it were otherwise, we would be unable to acquire knowledge
Phrases Indicating the opposite of or a contrast to something stated. we don't want a president, elected or otherwise Example sentencesExamples - But increasingly it seems that there is no plan of any kind, cunning or otherwise.
- I don't think the surprise or otherwise of the ending is particularly relevant, in that sense.
- At least for those who do sell - willingly or otherwise - there will be no dealing costs.
- Heck, it's not that easy to reduce this show to a string of phrases, pithy or otherwise.
- Possession or otherwise of an ID card would make not the slightest difference.
- I am yet to meet a man, in a partnership or otherwise, who doesn't exert total domination of this device.
- We can't, here and now, establish the truth or otherwise of the Oedipus complex.
- He added that no other copies of the book, perfect or otherwise, were known to exist anywhere else in the world.
- Success or otherwise will be down to their accumulated wisdom and experience and we have to help them find that.
- I haven't seen either show yet, so I will not comment on their respective merits or otherwise.
Origin Old English on ōthre wisan (see other, wise). |