otherwise
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Is otherwise a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adv (English)
1. (manner) Differently, in another way.Examples: "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."Synonyms: elsewise, contrarily, contrastinglynot-comparable
2. (conjunctive) In different circumstances; or else.Examples: "I’m not well today, otherwise I would have helped."; "You have to open your umbrella, otherwise you'll get wet."; "They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too."Synonyms: if not, elseconjunctivenot-comparable
3. (conjunctive) In all other respects.Examples: "He lost his temper once in a while. Otherwise he behaved rationally."; "Looking back at more than four years spent going to college I can now positively say that the most meaninful thing I accomplished (the only meaningful thing I accomplished!) was establishing a gay liberation group on campus. Otherwise my college education was almost useless."; "Robin van Persie squandered United's best chance late on but otherwise it was a relatively comfortable afternoon for Liverpool's new goalkeeper Simon Mignolet, who has yet to concede a Premier League goal since his £9m summer move from Sunderland."Synonyms: apart from thatconjunctivenot-comparable
Definition source: Wiktionary