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Otherwise

[uhth-er-wahyz]

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adverb

under other circumstances: Otherwise they may get broken.

in another manner; differently: Under the circumstances, I can't believe otherwise.

in other respects: an otherwise happy life.

conjunction

or else; if not: Button up your overcoat, otherwise you'll catch cold.

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adjective

other or different; of another nature or kind: We hoped his behavior would be otherwise.

in other or different circumstances: An otherwise pleasure had become a grinding chore.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English (on) ōthre wīsan (in) another manner. See other, -wise

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All positions are tenure-track except where otherwise noted.

Otherwise the economy may suffer a deep recession which will cut the tax revenues governments need to service their own debt.

The clay protects foraminifera from surrounding water and the sediments that might otherwise infiltrate and erode the shell.

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All positions are tenure-track except where otherwise noted.

Otherwise the economy may suffer a deep recession which will cut the tax revenues governments need to service their own debt.

The clay protects foraminifera from surrounding water and the sediments that might otherwise infiltrate and erode the shell.

Unless otherwise noted, the compounds mentioned below are in the early stages of human testing.

The housing is too cheap and the folks are too kind for it to be otherwise.

Store cookies at room temperature unless recipe directs otherwise.

Otherwise it's all down to bad guys and good guys, which is really boring.

It's a taxable but otherwise free perk at my college.

Structural reforms are hard, otherwise governments would have undertaken them long ago.

The results confirmed that despite the otherwise pristine appearance of the marsh, oil residues remained.

In some people this might lead to pathogens entering the body that would not otherwise do so.

Boardwalk trails wind through otherwise impenetrable swamp, jungle and wetland habitat.

Varieties described below are female unless otherwise noted.

Even so, thousands of law-enforcement officers on our streets are being told otherwise.

The resulting multiple perspectives provide possibilities that might otherwise not have been.

Otherwise the corporate mice beat the corporate brontasaurus.

Female hippos, otherwise known as cows, can actually give birth underwater or on land.

Otherwise your insurance value relative to the cost of the extra hardware doesn't make it worthwhile.

Photography brought the remote world close and made it possible for people to see what they might otherwise never have seen.

Plus, we'd be using olives that otherwise dropped onto the ground and into the bushes, feeding only the birds and insects.

Kishin also spots this rather huge patch of green in a desert otherwise foliage-deprived.

The only problem is, there's no basis for this rule, scientific or otherwise.

Anyone who pretends otherwise is fooling themselves.

The animal was found to be fatigued and dehydrated but otherwise healthy.

It is not a likely event, otherwise the clear relationship empirically observed wouldn't happen.

They're also abundant at the market, farmers' or otherwise.

Spicy sausage, sweet potato, and saffron lend an exotic touch to this otherwise simple chowder.

The rest of it is clearly designed to make an otherwise pedestrian piece of jewelry attractive to a certain kind of man.

The blank stares from his students indicated otherwise.

One rogue employee can't easily cause a crippling probe into an otherwise blameless company.

The city's murals can enliven an otherwise drab location.

There must be a physical resistance to the deformation of the pad, otherwise there would be no energy to collect.

Unless otherwise noted, grow in ordinary garden soil and provide regular moisture.

The new model is otherwise unchanged: same size, same color line-up and same no screen.

Also, immigrants sometimes help to keep industries viable that would otherwise disappear altogether, causing employment to fall.

Download the paper application form for potential applicants otherwise unable to submit an application using the online form.

The patent is for the isolated gene and prevents anyone else from studying or otherwise using that particular gene.

Not at their best in shallow soils but otherwise unfussy about soil, even growing well in heavy clay.

The service wants to put shiny new iron on the tarmac, and it would go out of business before it would do otherwise.

He starts from the observation that even those who are otherwise paralysed can sniff.

Otherwise an introduction could threaten other indigenous species and some cash crops.

Recognizing what those adaptations might be could be helpful or otherwise instructive.

Will not take strongly alkaline conditions but is otherwise not particular about soil.

Because his losses are capped, he is encouraged to take a bigger risk with his investment than he otherwise would.

Otherwise the elephants pay for the uphill hike with their body reserves.

Too bad you did not include global warmists in your otherwise correct opinion.

Suckers profusely–an advantage if it is planted as a windbreak, otherwise a problem.

Asia is a bright spot in an otherwise darkening outlook for the world economy.

Flocks or otherwise displaced pigeons can be found far from civilization.

Doing otherwise wouldn't be fair and would change the dynamics of future games.

Otherwise you'll need to fill in the old holes and drill new ones.

But the presumption will now be that a prenuptial agreement is fair, unless proved otherwise.

Presumably the change in appearance tricks foraging birds into eating the otherwise unappetizing ants-parasites and all.

The gate, painted brilliant red, creates a dramatic entry and adds a jolt of color to the otherwise mostly green garden.

Now comes a brave attempt to inject mathematics into an otherwise fashionable subject.

But what really knocked me out was the bottled, tinned, boxed and otherwise packaged section.

Stopping deforestation, by contrast, means paying people for not doing something they might otherwise have done.

Adding architectural molding in an otherwise ordinary room, allow the opportunity to diversify color ideas.

Given its great diversity, it is hard to think how it could have been otherwise.

These tiny granules absorb water that would otherwise drain away.

Oscar could thus pay tribute to a trooper and to a film for which it could not otherwise find an adequate reward.

Not at their best in shallow soils but otherwise unfussy about soil, even growing well more add to my plant list.

Lake sat at the hospital bedside of the comatose, bandage-swathed girl, she began to suspect otherwise.

But the otherwise unremarkable experiment yielded an unexpected bonus.

To say otherwise you have to be uninformed or dishonest.

Females are slightly smaller, but are otherwise indistinguishable from males.

But in cancer cells this mechanism has often been genetically disabled or otherwise broken, allowing tumors to proliferate.

As you can see, the pre-alpha state of the game adversely affected my otherwise perfect design.

Making the gravy can be the great undoing of an otherwise exquisitely planned and executed holiday meal.

In its pure form it is an inability to understand the emotional responses of others that is seen in people of otherwise normal.

Scientists have long thought that delayed gratification requires a sense of self, but experiments with dogs show otherwise.

It can be hard keeping track of all the consumer good that want to poison, choke, burn or otherwise harm you and your family.

Also, for individuals named who are outside of the academic world and would likely never otherwise read my dissertation.

And an otherwise successful attempt to cure severe combined immunodeficiency disorder-the so-called bubble-baby syndrome.

The patient might be unable to see in color or perhaps cannot recognize familiar faces but otherwise copes fine in daily life.

Macroalgae can smother reefs, fill otherwise habitable nooks and cover food sources.

The ticket is more expensive now but otherwise this could be have been broadcast yesterday.

But often, both intuition and news coverage tell us otherwise.

He also reported that the macaques were using a large mirror to view areas of their body they could not otherwise see.

The idea is that users can review the images later to jog otherwise recalcitrant bits of memory to the forefront.

Skeptics say the exams needlessly prevent students who have otherwise completed all their course work.

Many of the texts could have been burned or otherwise destroyed.

The purpose of any useful hypothesis is to best explain otherwise unexplained phenomena consistent with observational evidence.

The internet makes our homeschooling experience much richer than it would be otherwise.

To do otherwise is a breach of contract and a breach in personal integrity.

It was to give a voice to the dead who have otherwise dissolved without trace in the steaming jungle.

Although this process may nab criminals who would otherwise elude capture, it may also ensnare the innocent.

Emphasis is on what's new, rediscovered, or otherwise noteworthy.

The comments explaining what makes the books essential geek reading come from reader posts, unless otherwise credited.

If it works, it should be a powerful tool for uncovering biologically important areas that would otherwise go overlooked.

Otherwise intelligent people fall victim to proofiness for many reasons.

Thus what would otherwise have been a solitary moment is magically transformed into a pleasant encounter.

Boback's plan requires research subjects, willing or otherwise.

Diversity for diversity's sake is otherwise known as dillution.

And sparseness in what otherwise was a tight full blanket of dymondia.

Previous research has revealed that chili plants employ capsaicin to cause pain in rodents that might otherwise eat them.

And finally, privacy laws hamper communications between controllers who might otherwise help to push the research forward.

What an incredible, creative transformation of an otherwise daunting space.

In these warm regions rock expands from the heat, making it even less dense than would otherwise be the case.

We usually think a lot of these diseases will preferentially hit the malnourished or otherwise vulnerable.

Even those would not be allowed, by law, to exceed the inflation rate unless local voters said otherwise in a referendum.

Countless books and movies would have us believe otherwise.

It reuses heat that would otherwise be lost to the atmosphere, reducing carbon emissions while also cutting costs.

Kirkness believes his technique will allow scientists to sequence genomes of species they could otherwise not afford to study.

Kudos to the editors for publishing this piece on a topic that might otherwise have slipped under the radar.

The result is that the ticket cannot be sold to somebody who might otherwise have to pay more for.

He's the top aboveground figure in an otherwise underground separatist movement.

His hands thus otherwise occupied, he steered with his knees.

But drug dealing will not be over, of course not, no one with half a brain would think otherwise.

Her cries are the only sounds to interrupt the otherwise quiet countryside.

They are suboptimal because they induce outlays at times that households and firms might otherwise not undertake them.

When otherwise equally matched with their opponent in fitness and skill, athletes wearing red were more likely to win the bout.

Early farming communities that could digest milk could consume the liquid during otherwise poor harvests, for instance.

It is also a waste product that would otherwise be burned, and is therefore cheap.

But astronomers have been unable to explain why otherwise similar sunlike stars have widely different lithium levels.

Even greenhouse-gas emissions are smaller than they otherwise might be.

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World English Dictionary

otherwise (ˈʌðəˌwaɪz)

—*sentence connector*
1.	or else; if not, then: go home — otherwise your mother will worry

—*adv*
2.	differently: I wouldn't have thought otherwise
3.	in other respects: an otherwise hopeless situation

—*adj*
4.	(predicative) of an unexpected nature; different: the facts are otherwise

—*pron*
5.	something different in outcome: success or otherwise

usage The expression otherwise than means in any other way than and should not be followed by an adjective: no-one taught by this method can be other than (not otherwise than) successful; you are not allowed to use the building otherwise than as a private dwelling

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Word Origin & History

otherwise

contracted from O.E. phrase on oðre wisan "in the other manner" (see other + -wise), which in M.E. became oþre wise, and mid-14c. oþerwise.

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