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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Otherwise \Oth"er*wise'\, adverb [Other + wise manner.]
1. In a different manner; in another way, or in other ways; differently; contrarily. --Chaucer.
Thy father was a worthy prince, And merited, alas! a better fate; But Heaven thought otherwise. --Addison.
2. In other respects.
It is said, truly, that the best men otherwise are not always the best in regard of society. --Hooker.
3. In different circumstances; under other conditions; as, I am engaged, otherwise I would accept.
Note: Otherwise, like so and thus, may be used as a substitute for the opposite of a previous adjective, noun, etc.
Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me. --2 Cor. xi. 16.
Her eyebrows . . . rather full than otherwise. --Fielding.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
otherwise
adjective: other than as supposed or expected; "the outcome was otherwise"
adverb
1: in other respects or ways; "he is otherwise normal"; "the funds are not otherwise available"; "an otherwise hopeless situation"
2: in another and different manner; "very soon you will know differently"; "she thought otherwise" [syn: {differently}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
57 Moby Thesaurus words for "otherwise": a rebours, against the grain, alias, another, arsy-varsy, by contraries, contra, contrarily, contrariously, contrariwise, conversely, differently, disparate, dissimilar, distant, divergent, diverse, diversely, else, elsewise, if not, in another way, in flat opposition, in other respects, in other ways, inversely, just the opposite, nay rather, not that sort, not the same, not the type, of a sort, of another sort, of sorts, on the contrary, oppositely, or else, other, other than, peculiar, per contra, quite the contrary, rare, rather, special, sui generis, than, to the contrary, topsy-turvy, tout au contraire, unalike, unequal, unique, unlike, upside down, variously, vice versa
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
OTHERWISE, adverb No better.
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