0 used after an order or suggestion to show what the result will be if you do not follow that order or suggestion:
1 differently, or in another way:
The police believe he is the thief, but all the evidence suggests otherwise (= that he is not).
Under the Bill of Rights, a person is presumed innocent until proved otherwise (= guilty).
Protestors were executed, jailed or otherwise persecuted.
Marion Morrison, otherwise known as the film star John Wayne, was born in 1907.
formal I can't meet you on Tuesday - I'm otherwise engaged/occupied (= doing something else).
2 except for what has just been referred to:
3 used to show that something is completely different from what you think it is or from what was previously stated:
He might have told you he was a qualified electrician, but the truth is quite otherwise.
4 differently, or in another way:
5 if not; or else:
Tell me if you want it, otherwise I’ll give it to Freya.
Come in now, otherwise you'll get wet.
I'd better tell him about the letter, otherwise he might be angry.
They had to leave early, otherwise the children would have been up too late.
His phone call was a welcome intrusion into an otherwise tedious morning.
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