otherwise

Etymology
From, , from ; equivalent to. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Adverb

 * 1)  Differently, in another way.
 * 2) * 1927-29,, ', translated 1940''' by , Part I, Chapter iii:
 * Much as I wish that I had not to write this chapter, I know that I shall have to swallow many such bitter draughts in the course of this narrative. And I cannot do otherwise, if I claim to be a worshipper of Truth.
 * 1)  In different circumstances; or else.
 * 2)  In all other respects.
 * 1) * 1927-29,, ', translated 1940''' by , Part I, Chapter iii:
 * Much as I wish that I had not to write this chapter, I know that I shall have to swallow many such bitter draughts in the course of this narrative. And I cannot do otherwise, if I claim to be a worshipper of Truth.
 * 1)  In different circumstances; or else.
 * 2)  In all other respects.
 * 1)  In all other respects.
 * 1)  In all other respects.
 * 1)  In all other respects.
 * 1)  In all other respects.
 * 1)  In all other respects.
 * 1)  In all other respects.

Usage notes

 * "Otherwise" is often used to refer to the negative of something. The something may be a noun phrase, a verb phrase, an adjective phrase, an adverb phrase, a clause, or even something larger.

Synonyms

 * not, else (see or else)
 * that
 * that

Translations

 * Basque: beste modu batez
 * Belarusian: іна́кш
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:, d'una altra manera
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: anderledes
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: alimaniere
 * Estonian: teisiti
 * Finnish:
 * French:, , ,
 * Galician: outramente, aliás, doutro xeito
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍉
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἄλλως, εἰ δὲ μή γε
 * Hebrew: אַחֶרֶת
 * Hindi: नहीं तो
 * Hungarian:, , , , , más módon, , különbözőképpen
 * Icelandic:, annars vegar, á annan veg, á annan hátt
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 違う様に, そうではないと, その他に,
 * Kamkata-vari:
 * Kamviri: nā́ bo
 * Latin: alioqui,
 * Norman: autrément
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: annleis
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, diferentemente, de outra forma/maneira, de outro jeito/modo
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Scottish Gaelic: a chaochladh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: и̏на̄че, супротно, другачије
 * Roman:, ,
 * Slovak: inak, inakšie
 * Slovene: drugače
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: hynak
 * Upper Sorbian: hinak
 * Spanish: de otra manera, otramente
 * Swedish:
 * Tocharian B: āläm
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Welsh: fel arall
 * Yiddish: אַנדערש


 * Afrikaans:
 * Assamese: নহ’লে
 * Basque: bestela
 * Catalan: si no,, en cas contrari
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ellers
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, ,
 * Galician:, , erga
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: אַחֶרֶת
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Icelandic:, að öðrum kosti, , ellegar, endranær
 * Ingrian: muites
 * Italian:, in altre circostanze
 * Japanese: 然も無くば
 * Kazakh: әйтпесе
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: دەنا, ئەنا, ئەگینا
 * Laki:
 * Latin:
 * Norman: autrément
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: elles
 * Plautdietsch:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: a chaochladh
 * Serbo-Croatian: u suprotnom,
 * Slovak: inak
 * Slovene: sicer
 * Spanish: si no, de lo contrario
 * Swedish:, i annat fall
 * Tibetan: དེ་མིན, གཞན་དུ, གཞན་ན, གཞན་ཡང, དེ་ལས་གཞན་དུ, དེ་འདྲ་མ་བྱས་ན
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: в і́ншому ви́падку
 * Vietnamese: bằng không


 * Arabic: عَكْس ذٰلِك
 * Basque: gainerakoan
 * Catalan: d'altra banda
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ellers
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, pour le reste,
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:, , , ettől eltekintve,
 * Icelandic: að öðru leyti,
 * Interlingua: alteremente
 * Italian:, per altri aspetti, a parte ciò
 * Japanese: は, 他の点では
 * Latin: cēterum
 * Lithuanian: o šiaip
 * Maori: pēnei
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Nynorsk: elles
 * Persian: در غیر این صورت, ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: fora isso, no mais
 * Russian:, в други́х отноше́ниях
 * Scottish Gaelic: a chaochladh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovak: inak
 * Slovene: razen tega, sicer
 * Spanish: por lo demás, por otra parte, aparte de esto, fuera de eso
 * Swedish:, i övrigt
 * Ukrainian: втім
 * Urdu:, وگرنہ

Adjective

 * 1) Other than supposed; different.
 * He said he didn’t do it, but the evidence was otherwise.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: al contrari
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * French: tout autre, bien différent
 * Icelandic: á annan veg, annars vegar
 * Portuguese:, em contrário
 * Scottish Gaelic: a chaochladh
 * Slovak: iný
 * Spanish: