as in else
in a different way
the candidate was gracious in his defeat, though he clearly wished the election had gone otherwise
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Recent Examples of otherwise
For most of the way, the roads were otherwise deserted.
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Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
This has to be managed in a way that ensures that only other power plants get the first electrons to start moving on the grid, otherwise the normal demand would immediately overwhelm the limited number of small plants that are operating.
—John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 28 Apr. 2025
The event was started by NFL alumnus Paul Salata, who had a brief career with the San Francisco 49ers, to celebrate players like himself who might otherwise go unremarked upon and tend to have shorter careers.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Apr. 2025
Take a page from Prada’s book, and use them to add an unexpected burst of color to an otherwise neutral look.
—Christina Holevas, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2025
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Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
This has to be managed in a way that ensures that only other power plants get the first electrons to start moving on the grid, otherwise the normal demand would immediately overwhelm the limited number of small plants that are operating.
—John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 28 Apr. 2025
The event was started by NFL alumnus Paul Salata, who had a brief career with the San Francisco 49ers, to celebrate players like himself who might otherwise go unremarked upon and tend to have shorter careers.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Apr. 2025
Take a page from Prada’s book, and use them to add an unexpected burst of color to an otherwise neutral look.
—Christina Holevas, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for otherwise
Recent Examples of Synonyms for otherwise
Adverb
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But unlike everything else, the Frick art museum is only now reopening in what was the house of Henry Clay Frick, who was the robber baron chairman of Carnegie Steel.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
20 Apr. 2025
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This was the first time that my storytelling had made someone else cry.—
Domenico Starnone,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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The patrol groups are structured differently in the show: Joel is with Dina, Ellie is with Jesse (Young Mazino) and Tommy (Gabriel Luna) is back in Jackson.—
Katcy Stephan,
Variety,
21 Apr. 2025
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Instead, the meeting with relegation all-but-certainties Ipswich gave Arteta an opportunity to rediscover a key element of his team’s recent successes and deploy other players differently to mix up how Arsenal attacked.—
Art de Roché,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Otherwise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/otherwise. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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