Talk:otherwise

archaic sense

• The sentence " […] and the Boothmen otherwise merchants of corn." (boothmen = merchants of corn) seems it might this word in a different sense, like elision for "otherwise known as". - -sche (discuss) 20:10, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Norse

Is this word of Norse origin? Compare icelandic öðruvísi and elfdalian oðerwais. — Knyȝt (talk) 14:22, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

It comes from Old English on ōþre wīsan (“in a different/other manner”). It has parallels in other languages with more or less the same basic idea structure: West Frisian yn oarwei (literally “in an other way”), Saterland Frisian uursiede (literally “(on) an/the other side/way/manner”), Dutch anderszins (literally “(in) an other/different mind/sense”), German andernfalls (literally “(in) an other case”), and yes, the ones you've mentioned above Leasnam (talk) 14:44, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

in other ways

in any other ways
An otherwise dull day was enlivened by her arrival.
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--Backinstadiums (talk) 11:03, 9 January 2020 (UTC)

Adjective: in other or different circumstances

An otherwise pleasure had become a grinding chore.
https://www.wordreference.com/definition/otherwise

--Backinstadiums (talk) 15:26, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

Pronoun vs idiom or otherwise

(Pronoun) something different in outcome: success or otherwise 
or otherwise We accept all forms of payment, cash or otherwise.

--Backinstadiums (talk) 21:20, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

It was necessary to discover the truth or otherwise of these statements. --Backinstadiums (talk) 00:06, 21 February 2021 (UTC)