I. -ˌwīz pronoun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ( on ) ōthre wīsan in another manner
Date: before 12th century
: something or anything else : something to the contrary
do very little to enforce competition—and have never intended otherwise — Milton Viorst
II. adverb
Date: 13th century
1. : in a different way or manner
glossed over or otherwise handled — Playboy
2. : in different circumstances
might otherwise have left
3. : in other respects
an otherwise flimsy farce — Current Biography
4. : if not
do what I tell you, otherwise you'll be sorry
5. : not — paired with an adjective, adverb, noun, or verb to indicate its contrary or to suggest an indefinite alternative
people whose deeds, admirable or otherwise — John Fischer
almost thirty thousand women, Irish and otherwise — J. M. Burns
his opinion as to the success or otherwise of it — Austral. Dict. of Biography
III. adjective
Date: 14th century
: different
if conditions were otherwise