[oth.er.wise] pron [ME, fr. OE (on) othre wisan in another manner] (bef. 12c): something or anything else: something to the contrary "do very little to enforce competition--and have never intended ~ --Milton Viorst"
[2]otherwise adv (13c) 1: in a different way or manner "glossed over or ~ handled --Playboy"
2: in different circumstances "might ~ have left"
3: in other respects "an ~ flimsy farce --Current Biog."
4: if not "do what I tell you, ~ 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 ~ --John Fischer" "almost thirty thousand women, Irish and ~ --J. M. Burns" "his opinion as to the success or ~ of it --Austral. Dict. of Biog." [3]otherwise adj (14c): different "if conditions were ~"