adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
otherwise
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Oonagh was beautiful, but I was ... otherwise engaged .
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The people in the town who may need a spot of positive thinking more than anybody else will be otherwise engaged .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
otherwise engaged
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Oonagh was beautiful, but I was ... otherwise engaged.
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The people in the town who may need a spot of positive thinking more than anybody else will be otherwise engaged.
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The two leaders went to military headquarters for confirmation and were told that the staff were otherwise engaged.
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They were eating, sleeping, defecating, or otherwise engaged in some momentous enterprise.
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This satisfies him and allows the other adventurers to run and escape automatically while the Champion is otherwise engaged.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He's engaged to Paul's sister.
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They've been engaged for six months.
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Todd and Ellen have been engaged for about 3 months now.
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We got engaged at Christmas.
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You'll be glad to hear that Ralph and I, with my father's consent, are engaged to be married.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Fortunately the Caring Chauvinist was away the following day, but Ricky's number was always engaged .
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My lungs suddenly come sharply through from behind my engaged brain, reminding me that I am not a fish.
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Nick was out, Joey was engaged , Jim was just making coffee and why didn't I come over.
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Such politically engaged postmodernism is rarer in Britain than elsewhere.
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They spent all their time together, as country people do once they are engaged .
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Unless the number is engaged , the ringing pulses will be felt. 3.