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[ adverb ] in other respects or ways
Examples "he is otherwise normal" "the funds are not otherwise available" "an otherwise hopeless situation" Used in print (Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)If to be a Christian means to say yes where I otherwise say no , or where I do not have the right to say anything at_all , then my only choice is to refuse to be a Christian . (Frank Getlein and Harold C. Gardiner, S.J., Movies,...)The effort produced a valuable record of stage techniques in the early years of the century and some interesting records of great theater figures who would otherwise be only names . (Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)It is hard to see how the situation could be otherwise . (Cornell H. Mayer, "Radio Emission of the Moon...)Observations of the radio_emission of a planet which has an extensive atmosphere will probe the atmosphere to_a_greater_extent than those using shorter wave_lengths and should in some cases give otherwise unobtainable information about the characteristics of the solid surface . (J. F. Vedder, "Micrometeorites", in Francis S. J...)Since there is a continual loss of micrometeoritic material in space because of the radiation effects , there must be a continual replenishment : otherwise , micrometeorites would have disappeared from interplanetary_space . |
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[ adverb ] in another and different manner
Synonyms Examples "very soon you will know differently" "she thought otherwise" Used in print (Handbook of Federal Aids to Communities. U.S. Dep...)SBA makes loans to individual small business_firms , providing them with financing when it is not otherwise available through private lending sources on reasonable terms . SBA loans , which may be made to small manufacturers , small business pools , wholesalers , retailers , service establishments and other small businesses ( when financing is not otherwise available to them on reasonable terms ) , are to finance business construction , conversion , or expansion ; the purchase of equipment , facilities , machinery , supplies , or materials ; or to supply working_capital . (B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)Now the thing for us to do is to find ourselves a_couple_of those wonderful flowering currants such_as the red Ribes_sanguineum of our Pacific_Northwest , or otherwise a good sloe tree , or perhaps some nice pussy_willow in bloom , preferably one with male or staminate catkins . |
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[ adjective ] other than as supposed or expected
Examples "the outcome was otherwise" Related terms |
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[ conjunction ] conjunction, in other cases
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