otherwise

adverb

1. under other circumstances: Otherwise they may get broken.
2. in another manner; differently: Under the circumstances, I can’t believe otherwise.
3. in other respects: an otherwise happy life.

conjunction

4. or else; if not: Button up your overcoat, otherwise you’ll catch cold.

adjective

5. other or different; of another nature or kind: We hoped his behavior would be otherwise.
6. in other or different circumstances: An otherwise pleasure had become a grinding chore.

sentence connector

1. or else; if not, thengo home — otherwise your mother will worry

adverb

2. differentlyI wouldn’t have thought otherwise
3. in other respectsan otherwise hopeless situation

adjective

4. (predicative) of an unexpected nature; differentthe facts are otherwise

pronoun

5. something different in outcomesuccess or otherwise

adv.contracted from Old English phrase on oðre wisan “in the other manner” (see other + wise (n.)), which in Middle English became oþre wise, and mid-14c. oþerwise. As an adjective from c.1400.