otherwise
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Trạng từ
adverb- 1.
(not comparable)(manner) Differently, in another way.
You may have a point, but I think otherwise.
Could I do otherwise than smile?
It is not permitted to sell or otherwise distribute any copies.
There was one rotten apple in an otherwise perfect batch.
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. […]
- 2.
(conjunctive, not comparable)In different circumstances; or else.
I’m not well today, otherwise I would have helped.
You have to open your umbrella, otherwise you'll get wet.
- 3.
(conjunctive, not comparable)In all other respects.
He lost his temper once in a while. Otherwise he behaved rationally.
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(not comparable)Other than supposed; different.
He said he didn’t do it, but the evidence was otherwise.
Statistics need lots of information, digital and otherwise.
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Nguồn gốc từ
From Middle English otherwise, othre wise, from Old English on ōþre wīsan; equivalent to other + -wise. Compare yn oarwei, öðruvísi.