Definition of "otherwise" in İngilizce

adverb

1. (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) 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) In all other respects.

   • He lost his temper once in a while. Otherwise he behaved rationally.

adjective

1. Other than supposed; different.

   • He said he didn’t do it, but the evidence was otherwise.
   • Statistics need lots of information, digital and otherwise.