Talk:otherwise
Latest comment: 3 years ago by Backinstadiums in topic Pronoun vs idiom or otherwise
archaic sense
edit- 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
editIs 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
editin any other ways An otherwise dull day was enlivened by her arrival. Microsoft® Encarta® 2009
Adjective: in other or different circumstances
editAn otherwise pleasure had become a grinding chore. https://www.wordreference.com/definition/otherwise
Pronoun vs idiom or otherwise
edit(Pronoun) something different in outcome: success or otherwise or otherwise We accept all forms of payment, cash or otherwise.