otherwise
otherwise is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.In other respects. It is said, truly, that the best men otherwise are not always the best in regard of society. Hooker.
- 2.In different circumstances; under other conditions; as, I am engaged, otherwise I would accept. Note: Otherwise, like so and thus, may be used as a substitute for the opposite of a previous adjective, noun, etc. Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me. 2 Cor. xi.
- 3.Her eyebrows . . . rather full than otherwise. Fielding.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accord
- accordance
- agreement
- all
- always
- and
- another
- assimilate
- bear
- become
- cast
- chalk
- cheese
- class
- clockwork
- conform
- conformably
- conformity
- connatural
- connaturality
- connaturalness
- consistency
- consistent
- consonance
- constancy
- creativeness
- daisy
- differ
- difference
- different
- disparate
- disparity
- dissemblance
- dissimilar
- dissimilarity
- dissimilitude
- divarication
- divergence
- divergent
- diversified
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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