otherwise

adverb
/ˈʌð.əˌwaɪz/

Differently, in another way.

Other meanings

In different circumstances; or else.
“I’m not well today, otherwise I would have helped.”
In all other respects; apart from that; except for this.
“He lost his temper once in a while. Otherwise he behaved rationally.”

Example sentences

“They could be right, but I remember otherwise.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“They have the power to convince people otherwise.”
Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0
“I know what I saw and you can't convince me otherwise.”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Word history

From Old English "on ōþre wīsan".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “otherwise” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.