adjective
- Other than as supposed or expected.
- usage: "the outcome was otherwise"
adverb
- In other respects or ways.
- usage: "he is otherwise normal"; "the funds are not otherwise available"; "an otherwise hopeless situation"
- In another and different manner.
- usage: "very soon you will know differently"; "she thought otherwise"; "there is no way out other than the fire escape";
- synonyms: differently, other than
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