Usually means: In different or alternative circumstances.
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General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. otherwise: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. otherwise: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. otherwise: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. otherwise: Collins English Dictionary
  5. otherwise: Vocabulary.com
  6. Otherwise, otherwise, otherwise: Wordnik
  7. otherwise: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. otherwise: Wiktionary
  9. otherwise: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. otherwise: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. otherwise: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Otherwise, otherwise: Dictionary.com
  13. otherwise: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. otherwise: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Otherwise (band): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Otherwise: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. otherwise: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. otherwise: Rhymezone
  19. otherwise: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. otherwise: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. otherwise: Free Dictionary
  22. otherwise: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. otherwise: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  24. otherwise: Dictionary/thesaurus
  25. otherwise: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  26. Otherwise: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. otherwise: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. otherwise: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. otherwise: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adverb:  (manner) Differently, in another way.
▸ adverb:  (conjunctive) In different circumstances; or else.
▸ adverb:  (conjunctive) In all other respects.
▸ adjective:  Other than supposed; different.

Similar:
differently, either, somehow, unless, that, unlikely, overwise, therefore, They, ordinarily, more...

Opposite:
similarly, likewise, equally, identically, the, same

Types:
different, unlike, dissimilar, distinct, various, more...

Phrases:
or otherwise, and otherwise, otherwise than, otherwise engaged, know otherwise, more...

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    gray,     beige,     taupe,     mauve,     olive,     teal,     maroon,     mustard,     coral,     indigo


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Similar:
differently, either, somehow, unless, that, unlikely, overwise, therefore, They, ordinarily, more...

Opposite:
similarly, likewise, equally, identically, the, same

Types:
different, unlike, dissimilar, distinct, various, more...

Phrases:
or otherwise, and otherwise, otherwise than, otherwise engaged, know otherwise, otherwise known as, knew otherwise, knowing otherwise, known otherwise, knows otherwise, Not Otherwise Specified, more...

Colors:
    gray,     beige,     taupe,     mauve,     olive,     teal,     maroon,     mustard,     coral,     indigo



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