Otherwise

adv.	1.
	1.	In a different manner; in another way, or in other ways; differently; contrarily. 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. 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.

Adj.	1.	otherwise - other than as supposed or expected; "the outcome was otherwise"
Adv.	1.	otherwise - in other respects or ways; "he is otherwise normal"; "the funds are not otherwise available"; "an otherwise hopeless situation"
	2.	otherwise - in another and different manner; "very soon you will know differently"; "she thought otherwise" Synonyms: differently

a rebours, against the grain, alias, another, arsy-varsy, by contraries, contra, contrarily, contrariously, contrariwise, conversely, differently, disparate, dissimilar, distant, divergent, diverse, diversely, else, elsewise, if not, in another way, in flat opposition, in other respects, in other ways, inversely, just the opposite, nay rather, not that sort, not the same, not the type, of a sort, of another sort, of sorts, on the contrary, oppositely, or else, other, other than, peculiar, per contra, quite the contrary, rare, rather, special, sui generis, than, to the contrary, topsy-turvy, tout au contraire, unalike, unequal, unique, unlike, upside down, variously, vice versa

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