Definitions for otherwise

otherwise oth·er·wise

Spelling: [uhth -er-wahyz]
IPA: /ˈʌð ərˌwaɪz/

Otherwise is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 444 anagrams from letters in otherwise (eehiorstw).

Definitions for otherwise

adverb

  1. under other circumstances:
  2. in another manner; differently:
  3. in other respects:

adjective

  1. other or different; of another nature or kind:
  2. in other or different circumstances:

conjunction

  1. or else; if not:

Origin of otherwise

before 900; Middle English; Old English (on) ōthre wīsan (in) another manner. See other, -wise

Examples for otherwise

otherwise I may behave in a manner to be regretted in my calmer moments.

The three gave Andy a look and a grunt, but otherwise they paid no attention to him.

"Of course I am, otherwise I wouldn't have mentioned it," declared Emma.

If someone wants to ensure a direct and secure connection, no entity, whether a hotel or otherwise, should be able to block it.

otherwise, he would not have cared to go on destroying life for no useful end.

Ladies should have with them as much jewelry as possible, borrowed or otherwise.

Placed in drinking water, fluoride can serve people who otherwise have poor access to dental care.

Millennials—rich or otherwise—have been notoriously uninterested in politics.

otherwise, we will be but celebrating an empty holiday, missing its true meaning altogether.

Larson, as usual, instills gravitas and agency in an otherwise underwritten character.

Word Value for otherwise
Scrable

15

Words with friends

14

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