otherwise : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: otherwise	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
otherwise adv in other respects or ways; "he is otherwise normal"; "the funds are not otherwise available"; "an otherwise hopeless situation" in another and different manner; "very soon you will know differently"; "she thought otherwise"; "there is no way out other than the fire escape"; Synonym(s): differently, otherwise, other than adj other than as supposed or expected; "the outcome was otherwise"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Otherwise \Oth"erwise`\, adv. [Other + wise manner.] 1. In a different manner; in another way, or in other ways; differently; contrarily. --Chaucer. Thy father was a worthy prince, And merited, alas! a better fate; But Heaven thought otherwise. --Addison. 2. In other respects. It is said, truly, that the best men otherwise* are not always the best in regard of society. --Hooker. 3. 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. 16. Her eyebrows . . . rather full than otherwise. --Fielding.