otherwise

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

other·wise BrE [ˈʌðəwaɪz] NAmE [ˈʌðərwaɪz] adverb
1. used to state what the result would be if sth did not happen or if the situation were different
• My parents lent me the money. Otherwise, I couldn't have afforded the trip.
• Shut the window, otherwise it'll get too cold in here.
•We're committed to the project. We wouldn't be here otherwise.
2. apart from that
•There was some music playing upstairs. Otherwise the house was silent.
•He was slightly bruised but otherwise unhurt.
3. in a different way to the way mentioned; differently
•Bismarck, otherwise known as ‘the Iron Chancellor’
•It is not permitted to sell or otherwise distribute copies of past examination papers.
•You know what this is about. Why pretend otherwise (= that you do not)?
•I wanted to see him but he was otherwise engaged (= doing sth else).
more at know different/otherwise at ↑know _v.
Idiom: ↑or otherwise

Word Origin:
[otherwise] Old English on ōthre wisan (from ↑other + wise ‘manner or extent of something’).

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  differently, other than